From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 10/25/01-03:16:21 PM Z
BTW, paper is available commercially with a dextrine coating. I am
currently doing some work with someone interested in making carbon
ceramics and he sent me a few sheets of a dextrine coated paper to
experiment with. It is of about the thickness of double weight
photographic paper, and the dextrine coated surface is very smooth,
almost glossy. The dextrine is not hardened and melts almost
immediately if placed in water.
I don't know the major commercial use of the paper, but our interest
in it is to serve as a temporary support for transferring images from
plastic.
Sandy King
>At 07:38 AM 10/25/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>Nze,
>>
>>> fix it with dextrine to a strong paper before you coat it.
>>
>>What is dextrine?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Don Bryant
>
>Dextrin is the glue that was used on the lick 'em postage stamps.
>You can make it with starch and lemon juice or vinegar. Mix the
>starch into water to make a thin slurry, add a drop of acid and warm
>gently. The mix will turn clear when the dextrin forms. It's not a
>whole lot different from clear gravy.
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