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- From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Subject: Re: Glues from milk?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.011314.8623@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:13:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.192149.22756@wam.umd.edu>,
- cheeze@wam.umd.edu (Joshbo ) writes:
- |>
- |>I was reading about glues made from milk curd -- casein glue I
- |>think it's called. Basically, I think you add vinegar to
- |>warm milk, the milk sours producing the curd, and then the curd
- |>is mixed with a base like baking soda and then diluted with
- |>water. Is this correct? Will this produce a glue like the
- |>white glue you buy for children? What is the chemistry behind
- |>this?
- |>
- |>Also, When this glue dries, I assume it becomes rigid anD inflexible.
- |>What can you add to the glue to make it dry flexible -- like a
- |>plastic? Or, how could I synthesize a flexible plastic of my
- |>own if the glue doesn't work?
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- Casein-based glues are readily available. The most common brand is Elmer's
- Glue, which is made by Borden, the large dairy products company. You can buy
- a tube if you wish to study its behavior as it dries.
-
- --PSW
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