Instruction for paper mache: shred paper and soak in water. Boil until the
paper becomes pulp. Make up a soaked paper and water mixture of 3 cups water to
1 cup soaked paper [approximately a handful]. Blend pulp in an electric blender
for 15 to 20 seconds. Cool and squeeze out excess water. If you wish to have a
lighter pulp add 125 ml of household bleach [Jik / Milton] to the half bucket
of pulp. Soak for a few hours in the bleach solution. Once the pulp becomes
lighter, pour the pulp into a net bag, draining off the liquid. Place into a
half bucket of fresh water to rinse pulp, and drain in the net bag again. All
the bleach must be removed by washing. Use Dylon dyes or powder paint [mixed
with water to the consistency of ink, 1 table spoon of paint to 125 ml of
water]. Add the pulp to the dye or paint solution. Store pulp in a plastic
bucket. When you're ready to work with it, add enough wallpaper paste to hold
everything together. Add about one teaspoon of sodium benzoate to preserve the
mixture. Shape, let dry, paint if desired.
That'll do it! LOL
~Faustine.
p.s. or you could just keep from writing it down in the first place!
