How To Make Paper Mache Clay

8/19/2018 7 EASY STEPS TO MAKE PAPER MACHE CLAY WITHOUT JOINT COMPOUND
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7 EASY STEPS TO MAKE PAPIER-PAPER MACHE

CLAY (PMC) WITHOUT JOINT COMPOUND
 13 August 2017  6 Comments  
7 EASY STEPS TO MAKE PAPIER/PAPER MACHE

CLAY (PMC)
WITHOUT JOINT COMPOUND
As you can nd out in How to Make an Eco-Friendly Table Lamp and How to Make Necklace
Pendants Using Papier/Paper Mache Clay (PMC) or Any Air-Dry Clay, I’ve already mentioned
that I somewhat adjusted Jonni Good’s recipe for making the clay, but since my intention is to
upcycle trash for my crafts I continued experimenting to get my own recipe.
On the other hand, my main problem is that in my country (Serbia) I cannot nd a ‘decent’
replacement for joint compound, which is one of the main ingredients of Jonni Good’s recipe. I
suppose that its purpose is to give better plasticity and elasticity to clay, so I’ve tried a few
products and the most similar effect I achieved with a type of tiling paste. Although it’s not ideal,
without it the clay is somehow too ‘papery’, and after drying the surface gets unwanted creases
like wrinkled skin.
Nevertheless, after lots of experimentation with all sorts of paper, as I was tidying up my desk
and combing through many unnecessary copies of some documents that piled up over time,it
dawned on me that I’d never used printed paper as a material for my paper clay…
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So, the next thing I did was to try it out and here is my best result so far, in pictures and words:
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Step. 1
I tore these 45 grams (~0.100 lb./~1.60 oz.) of printed trash paper*…
Step 2.
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… into smaller pieces and put them into a deep bowl, poured hot water over and let them soak
overnight.
Step 3.
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Then, I take about one third of the soaked paper, put it in this very, very old blender I use only for
my crafts, add in lots of water (which makes blending easier) and blend it until the paper becomes
pulp. To decant the water from the pulp, I pour it in a colander (that I don’t use for food) in which I
rst lay a piece of strong net**. And of course, I repeat this step two more times with two
remaining thirds.
Step 4.
So, after decanting, rmly twisting the net I squeeze the water from the pulp gradually and weigh
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it a few times to get a mass of 130 grams (~0.30 lb./~4.60 oz.).
Step 5.
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Firstly, I mix the whole mass of the pulp with one cup of diluted carpenter’s (PVA) glue, wrap the
bowl with a plastic bag and leave it for a few hours. This way paper better absorbs the glue which
makes mixing easier and prevents lumps.
Step 6.
Then, I add 1 cup of starch, ½ a cup of coarse our, ½ to ¾ a cup of tiling paste and about 20 ml(3-
4 table spoons) of body milk lotion which smooths and binds the clay and mix all the ingredients
thoroughly with drilling machine to which I added a ‘fork’ of an old mixer.

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When the mass gets homogeneous, if the dough is still sticky or tacky, I oil well my hands with
body lotion and knead it a little bit on a at surface sprinkled with our or starch.
Step 7.
And that’s it – you can now play with clay and create whatever project you wish. This clay is very
sturdy and suitable for many different purposes. For example, I even used it to re-make the
handle of this old good-steel knife and of this small umbrella that ts my smallest purse:
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Last but not least, what you see here is my own experience and most of the lamps and necklace
pendants featured on my pages and posts are made of this clay. But, it’s important to experiment
with ingredients and nd out what works best for you.
Have fun!
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Tips:
* 1: With a shredder, it would be even easier to cut the paper!
** 2: It’s a piece of mosquito net!
*** 3: Keep always in mind that any product you made is completely dry before you decorate it!
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6 Comments
Gloria 01/08/2018 at 7:28 pm
Hello and thank you! I am making paper clay, and I want to use only biodegradable
materials, I’ve got a good recipe, except I get bubble holes in the nished product. Do
you know how I can get rid of them? Thank you your help will be so awesome
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 maxx 03/08/2018 at 8:03 am
Hi Gloria,
thank you for the comment.
I’d really like to help you but have no answer. I did use biodegradable rolls
from toilet paper some time ago and it didn’t work at all – couldn’t get
‘plasticity’, so I throw it away. Just a guess: maybe you could add more glue
and some starch and see what happens? Would appreciate if you let me
know if it worked.
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Doan 25/04/2018 at 9:59 am
This post is very useful. Thanks 

But, I also have a question: Can I make paper clay from paper and glue without others.
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 maxx 26/04/2018 at 12:13 am
Hi Doan, thank you for the comment.

Regarding your question: I tried out only once to mix white glue with well
dampen egg carton and to my experience it is possible, but the surface is
quite rough, not smooth as in the recipe. So, it depends on what you want
to make.
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Nguyen 26/10/2017 at 5:22 pm
Hi, i want to say thanks for your tutorial! But could you tell me what is tiling paste ?
Can i change coarse our into the others kind like corn starch or just ower? Also can i
change the body lotion into baby oil? Thank you!
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 maxx 26/10/2017 at 10:25 pm
Hi Nguyen,
Welcome to my site!
Tiling paste is a kind of construction paste or glue used to put tiles on the
wall. You may try with whatever you have at hand (maybe start with small
quantities, take notes and then see).
So far, the given recipe is the best result of my numerous experiments with
many kind of ingredients, and as I said in the end of the article: “… it’s
important to experiment with ingredients and nd out what works best for
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you”. In other words, you’ll need to nd what ingredients work for you
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Enjoy your work and let me know how it turned out!
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8/19/2018 7 EASY STEPS TO MAKE PAPER MACHE CLAY WITHOUT JOINT COMPOUND

7 EASY STEPS TO MAKE PAPIER-PAPER MACHE

 13 August 2017  6 Comments  

7 EASY STEPS TO MAKE PAPIER/PAPER MACHE

WITHOUT JOINT COMPOUND

I tore these 45 grams (~0.100 lb./~1.60 oz.) of printed trash paper*…

thoroughly with drilling machine to which I added a ‘fork’ of an old mixer.

* 1: With a shredder, it would be even easier to cut the paper!

** 2: It’s a piece of mosquito net!

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 How To Make Digitally Mixed Media Visual Art In Gimp 

Gloria 01/08/2018 at 7:28 pm

 maxx 03/08/2018 at 8:03 am

Doan 25/04/2018 at 9:59 am

This post is very useful. Thanks 

 maxx 26/04/2018 at 12:13 am

Hi Doan, thank you for the comment.

Nguyen 26/10/2017 at 5:22 pm

 maxx 26/10/2017 at 10:25 pm

Enjoy your work and let me know how it turned out!

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