Re: PVA vs. PVA

From: Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: PVA vs. PVA
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:38:35 +0000

> Since no one answered my question about why PVA rather than acrylic,
> I decided to answer it myself and went out to size some papers with
> (1) PVAcetate and (2) acrylic medium, to print with gum and
> compare. But right away I realized I have a problem, because my
> PVAcetate doesn't mix with water; it precipitates out in clumps when
> mixed with water. Since I'm not interested in messing with other
> solvents, I think this is one question I'll just never have an
> answer to. Such is life,

I don't know about what you did, but PVAc glues are not like that. All
PVAc adhesives I used are completely dispersible in water at least
before they dry once. Indeed I could just size a couple of 3x5 cards
with dilute PVAc to see how it works later.
Received on Fri Aug 5 12:25:09 2005