Your question piqued my interest [as a chemist] and cardmodeler. Cellulose acetate is the most probable material. This is available as a powder and is the basis for "dope" that was used to paint aircraft fabric in WWI, civilian and some WW2 planes. The CA powder is dissolved in acetone and brushed or sprayed on paper or fabric. The acetone, vapors and spray mist are VERY HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!! In other words I don't really recommend a home brew!!! Unless you can do it all outdoors. Plan B: there is a wallpaper adhesive called Metylan Cellulose Adhesive that might work --- but I don't know the flammability data for it, so it may be as bad as the "dope" and will probably need to be thinned a lot with a flammable solvent. SAFETY AGAIN
Plan C: At art supply store and sites you can buy Strathmore 80pound AquariusII Watercolor paper that is a mix of natural and synthetic fibers that does not buckle and wrinkle when wet. It is not quite as smooth as cardstock. I've painted on it and it stays flat. Unfortunately I have none on hand so can't say how well it scores and folds, nor do I know how well it glues. There is also a totally synthetic "paper" called YUPO also at art stores [104pound]. Again, I don't know about folding and gluing. Both this and Strathmore are said to accept ink very well. If I want to paint or damp-proof a white model, I dust on light coats of auto primer followed by color paint from regular rattle cans and then clear gloss or matte final layers. Outdoors!!! Tell me more about why you want to plasticize and maybe I can be more helpful. Well, that was long-winded. Karl On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:05 PM, BJ <[email protected]> wrote: > I've heard about plasiticizing paper but don't know much about it. > What product do you use and how do you apply the product to the paper? > > B.J. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<papermodels%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
