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I have used 7 layers of paper with a mixture of pva and wallpaper paste glue and my pm projects feels flimsy. What can I use to make the pm stronger and harder? :?:
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Hi Pinkpaint from Switzerland 
Can you say a bit more about your projects. For a boat to cross Lake Lucerne, or a 2m statue for your front garden, 7 layers would be a bit flimsy. Or, as a chair, it wouldn't take anyone's weight.
??? :twisted:
DavidO (dopapier)
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I have made a bowl about 12" in diameter, the last two layers are handmade craft paper.
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Well, 7 layers really ought to be enough. Are you using quite a thick mix of paste, spread ever so thinly, and pressing the paper firmly layer into layer?
If you are . . and you still want it stronger . . . just put on more layers. I have just been reading about someone putting 20 layers on a model - nearly as hard as iron.
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