Comment on Table I made from cardboard last year
tae_glas@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
very cool, i love that you painted it like cardboard too :D
how was the paper used, was it like papier maché? (i’m definitely not asking so i could make something similar 👀)
quandang@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I made the glue from 1 part corn starch and 10 part water by weight, microwaved until boiling.
I found that serrated knives cut cardboard best, but they need to be re-sharpened often. The cardboard absorbs a lot of glue so it need to be applied multiple times before sticking together.
I used paper to secure the joints between the cardboard pieces and to wrap the outside before painting. The glue doesn’t really stick to acrylic paint, so it should be the final part, and you can’t add anything else afterward. If I do it again I would leave to table bare, or maybe use watercolor
that’s a lot of work, fair play! i’m defo bookmarking this for future reference, thank you! 🙌
maybe food colouring or something could be added to the glue to solve the paint problems…? i might try it & if it doesn’t work out, a tablecloth will hide all my mistakes, lol
quandang@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah that table took weeks to build