Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
There are some things you should just buy
I have had my mind set on making stickers for quite some time now. I haven't gotten around to it until today.
I finally got out today and bought some adhesive paper after a series of unfortunate attempts at making my own glue.
the first attempt, a crazy flour concoction that i thought i had remembered making when i was a child with my mom...i mixed all the ingredients perfectly and VOILA! playdough. Not exactly the same thing as glue, but definitely homemade.
Next was a recipe i found online. The recipe was for natural based glue. With all the Organic hype, me included, i thought it would be perfect for my products. Well, The glue works but its very cakey, and lumpy. Im sure i just had to work at it a little longer to make it smoother but no matter what i did it just didn't feel right. Not to mention that Glue isnt necessarily what i need. I needed adhesive that i could put on the back of paper or fabric so that my notebook process could be a little faster - a manufacturing investment.
Well, the Glue worked well enough, and i could certainly use it for other purposes, but for the purpose of stickers it was useless.
So when i stumbled upon the recipe for reusable adhesive made of gelatin, naturally, i flipped! It was awesome, I had everything i needed right here at home and it was the easiest recipe yet! One packet of gelatin, and half a cup of warm water. Well, i ran to the kitchen, mixed everything up and waited... not very long because it smelled horrible. So as i looked at the lumpy, yellowish/white stuff that was staring up at me from the bowl saying - "TRY ME!" , I did. I cut out a piece of paper, drew Shark on it, and applied, with a paintbrush as the recipe clearly states, on the back of the sticker. I then applied it to a notebook and waited for it to dry.
Again... FAILURE! it was a depressing morning indeed. The online post of this recipe was so clear and guaranteed success for all the kids that my disappointment was deep. I thought i had failed in a great way, so i tried the recipe again 4 times. each time adding a little more water, a little less gelatin... nothing worked.
The post ALSO promised that after applying the gelatin mixture and after waiting for it to dry, one can stack up all the stickers and save them, only to "lick" the back of your sticker to revitalize the stickiness when you are ready for more non stick and tasteless fun! ....
Well, nothing worked. My mess with the play-dough, although rather entertaining was a silly mistake, the massive amount of homemade nontoxic glue will certainly be used eventually, and the gelatin + water = reusable adhesive is quite simply a ridiculous lie.
Either that, or theres something this particular blogger is leaving out....
<3 JP
I finally got out today and bought some adhesive paper after a series of unfortunate attempts at making my own glue.
the first attempt, a crazy flour concoction that i thought i had remembered making when i was a child with my mom...i mixed all the ingredients perfectly and VOILA! playdough. Not exactly the same thing as glue, but definitely homemade.
Next was a recipe i found online. The recipe was for natural based glue. With all the Organic hype, me included, i thought it would be perfect for my products. Well, The glue works but its very cakey, and lumpy. Im sure i just had to work at it a little longer to make it smoother but no matter what i did it just didn't feel right. Not to mention that Glue isnt necessarily what i need. I needed adhesive that i could put on the back of paper or fabric so that my notebook process could be a little faster - a manufacturing investment.
Well, the Glue worked well enough, and i could certainly use it for other purposes, but for the purpose of stickers it was useless.
So when i stumbled upon the recipe for reusable adhesive made of gelatin, naturally, i flipped! It was awesome, I had everything i needed right here at home and it was the easiest recipe yet! One packet of gelatin, and half a cup of warm water. Well, i ran to the kitchen, mixed everything up and waited... not very long because it smelled horrible. So as i looked at the lumpy, yellowish/white stuff that was staring up at me from the bowl saying - "TRY ME!" , I did. I cut out a piece of paper, drew Shark on it, and applied, with a paintbrush as the recipe clearly states, on the back of the sticker. I then applied it to a notebook and waited for it to dry.
Again... FAILURE! it was a depressing morning indeed. The online post of this recipe was so clear and guaranteed success for all the kids that my disappointment was deep. I thought i had failed in a great way, so i tried the recipe again 4 times. each time adding a little more water, a little less gelatin... nothing worked.
The post ALSO promised that after applying the gelatin mixture and after waiting for it to dry, one can stack up all the stickers and save them, only to "lick" the back of your sticker to revitalize the stickiness when you are ready for more non stick and tasteless fun! ....
Well, nothing worked. My mess with the play-dough, although rather entertaining was a silly mistake, the massive amount of homemade nontoxic glue will certainly be used eventually, and the gelatin + water = reusable adhesive is quite simply a ridiculous lie.
Either that, or theres something this particular blogger is leaving out....
<3 JP
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