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| showing how stitching can hold the rice straws in place |
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| pouring the 'TVP' (textured vegetable protein) |
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| adding water to 'TVP' |
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| ingredients of the milk-based glue |
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| filtering the milk powder+water+vinegar mixture |
This week I decided to experiment with protein based natural adhesives. After reading about the benefits of soy-based adhesives which are gradually becoming more and more popular in the basic manufacturing of wood products, I decided to spend this week away from any kind of synthetic adhesives and concentrate on using formaldehyde free mixtures that I created.
One of these was the milk-based glue. As you can see above the ingredients were: water, vinegar, milk powder and baking soda. The process of making it was very basic and fast.
Another one was kneading boiled 'textured vegetable protein' with bagasse.
Then I put the mixtures in a mold and applied pressure for them to stick together.
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