Wheatpaste
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, Spain Wheatpaste (also known as flour and water paste, flour paste, or simply paste) is a gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or starch and water. It has been used since antiquity for various arts and crafts such as bookbinding, découpage, collage, papier-mâché, and adhering paper posters and notices to walls.
, Spain]] Wheatpaste (also known as flour and water paste, flour paste, or simply paste) is a gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or starch and water. It has been used since antiquity for various arts and crafts such as bookbinding, découpage, collage, papier-mâché, and adhering paper posters and notices to walls. ==Types== A critical difference among wheat pastes is the division between those made from flour and those made from starch. Vegetable flours contain both gluten and starch. Over time the gluten in a flour paste cross-links, making it very difficult to release the adhesive. Using only starch, a fine quality, fully reversible paste can be produced. The latter is used as an adhesive for paper and book conservation. Besides wheat, other vegetables also are processed into flours and starches from which pastes can be made, such as potato starch: characteristics, such as strength, texture, or reversibility, vary with the plant species ; manufacturer's processing; and/or the recipe of the end-user. ==See also== ==References==
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