What to do if the craving for creativity took you by surprise at night, and the glue ran out inopportunely? It’s dark outside, the shops are closed, and it’s absolutely necessary to continue your favorite pastime. Making glue with your own hands is actually the simplest procedure that does not require special chemical knowledge and specific ingredients. All the ingredients are likely to be in your kitchen. Knowing how to make glue at home with your own hands, you do not need to run to the store for a new tube. Here are some recipes.
Ingredients:
Pour some flour into a bowl and add a little water. Start mixing the flour, adding water (if necessary) until a homogeneous mass without lumps is obtained. Place the bowl over low heat and, stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a boil. Leave to cool naturally at room temperature.
Flour paste is not stored. It spoils quickly and is suitable for quick use.
Wheat glue for paper
Ingredients:
Mix flour and sugar, slowly adding cold water. Beat the mixture until there are no lumps and a paste is formed. Put on fire and boil the pasta until it becomes a little stiff. Remove from heat and add alum. Let cool naturally at room temperature.
In a tightly sealed plastic container it is stored a little longer than flour paste. The hardened mixture can be soaked by adding a little boiling water.
milk soda
Ingredients:
Mix the milk powder well with some hot water and add the vinegar. Due to the reaction with vinegar in hot water the milk should separate into lumps of flakes and liquid whey. Continue stirring until the milk is completely separated.
Separate the resulting "yogurt" from the liquid whey by gently straining it. This is best done with a paper towel.
Collect all the "yogurt" in a separate smaller container and beat until smooth. Add a teaspoon of boiling water and a quarter teaspoon of baking soda. Mass foaming may occur ( chemical reaction soda with vinegar). Stir the mixture until smooth. Add water if the mixture is too thick, and if the mixture is lumpy, add a little more baking soda.
Keeps for a short time. If the smell of spoiled milk appears, the mixture should be discarded.
Surely, almost every one of us used, but rarely thought about its ingredients and methods. industrial production. Glue - a substance, mainly made from natural or synthetic substances.
Produced from vegetable (resin) or biological sources (bones, skin). Invented in ancient times, when smart people realized that from the bones, skins, skin and connective tissues of animals, collagen protein with sticky properties can be extracted by special processing. Today the majority adhesive compositions is produced on the basis of biological substances, and the process of obtaining a cool mass differs little from prehistoric. Most often, the sticky mass is produced by dehydrating the skins. The skins are first soaked in water and then treated with lime. Lime is neutralized with a weak acid solution. Further, the skins are kept in water at 70 degrees, in connection with which a substance is released from the tissues, which is scraped off and used for its intended purpose.
Casein, milk, ambulin obtained from cow's blood serum, fish heads, bones, skin, scales, air bubbles of some fish are also a source of sticky substance, from which a white, odorless substance called "ichthyokol" is obtained.
Vegetable glue is obtained from starch, which is found in vegetables and grains, gum, agar and algin from algae, and gum arabic, the milky sap of some trees.
Cyanoacrylate is the main ingredient in a synthetic adhesive, also known as "superglue", discovered by Harry Coover (1942) in the research laboratories of Kodak, an optically transparent plastic company. In 1958, cyanoacrylate was already sold in stores under the brand name "Superglue".
Epoxy resins are of industrial importance. two-component adhesives: epoxy resin and various modifications of additives that improve elasticity and impart certain physical and mechanical properties to the product.
The most famous and frequently used adhesives in artistic creative practice are, of course, polyvinyl acetate (PVA) and carpentry. Slightly less used, the so-called "office" based on liquid glass.
Joiner's glue is known to specialists in the repair of premises, it is appreciated for its affordable price and good adhesive properties.
It perfectly copes with the tasks and is used for joining wood, cardboard, plywood, hardboard. At the core is a protein substance that is responsible for bonding.
For production, different raw materials are used, adhesives can be obtained with different properties.
So, it occurs:
The main advantage of the glue is its high strength, and if the tree is destroyed, the adhesive layer, as a rule, remains intact. Disadvantages appear as bad smell, as well as the inconvenience of storage - in liquid form, it quickly becomes unusable, covered with mold.
Supplied either in the form of yellow-brown granules, or in the form of granules. Experts recommend paying attention to the color of the glue, the more transparent the shade of the granules, the better the final composition will be. 
How to use:
To improve mold resistance, add various antiseptics, for example, ammonia, phenol or borax. And if you add chalk or ash, you get putty paste.
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PVA-based wood glue is sold ready-made, there is no need to dilute it in water. Ideal for hardwood as well as tropical woods. The resulting seam is not afraid of moisture, it is durable and transparent.
It is used everywhere, the rapid development of technology and the emergence of new offers on the market does not prevent it from being in demand.
Of the analogues, you can offer glue Moment carpentry, it is suitable for wood and plastic, quickly sets, very durable.
There are several ways to prepare wood glue with your own hands, but they are all based on the same principle - soaking and boiling in water.
To make wood glue with your own hands, the following ingredients are needed:
It is necessary to use glue until it has cooled down, and the oilcloth maintains a temperature of 30-70C for one and a half to two hours without additional heating. As the solution cools, it will lose its properties, and then it may even become moldy or begin to rot.
Various components are added to wood glue to give new properties, for example, linseed oil or drying oil mixed with dry powder will increase the resistance of the glue joint to moisture, and if you have to work with leather, glycerin is added.
The glue will retain its consistency at room temperature for no more than two hours, and then it will begin to thicken. Then you have to reheat it. In this regard, it is better to prepare the composition not in reserve, but only in the amount that is required.
Homemade glue can be prepared by yourself at home. How to prepare the glue yourself and how to use it is described on this page of the site.
Tiles of wood glue are broken into pieces, lowered into a glue pot and poured with cold water so that it slightly covers the glue. When the glue swells (after 10-12 hours), the glue maker is put on a small fire, where it is kept until the glue dissolves. It should be used while it is hot.
For bonding to metal, glass, stone, etc. Finely sifted wood ash is added to hot wood glue to make a thick paste.
Glycerin is added to the melted wood glue (1 part by weight of glycerin to 20 parts by weight of glue).
The composition of this glue: sugar 120 grams, slaked lime 30 grams, wood glue 120 grams and water 400 cubic centimeters. First, sugar is dissolved, then lime is added and heated, stirring, for an hour. The clear solution is drained and pieces of wood glue are added to it. When the glue swells, it is boiled as usual until the glue is completely dissolved. Syndeticone is a universal adhesive.
Natural drying oil or linseed oil is added to hot wood glue (1 part drying oil or oil to 4 parts glue).
Starch: Potato flour (starch) is poured with a small amount of water and thoroughly stirred until a creamy state. Steep boiling water is poured into the resulting solution in a thin stream, continuously stirring the solution so that there are no lumps. As soon as the paste becomes transparent and gelatinous, it can be used.
Flour: Sifted wheat or rye flour is poured into boiling water, and then, stirring, heated over low heat until the flour is brewed.
Dry potato starch is heated on an iron sheet to 400°C. The resulting brown translucent lumps are broken into powder. Preparation of glue: 10 grams of this powder is carefully diluted in 20-25 cubic centimeters of cold water. You can also add 2 grams of sugar. Glue is used mainly for gluing paper.
Gum arabic is made from a gum (resin) that some plants secrete. However, quite satisfactory glue can be obtained using the resin of cherry, plum, apricot trees, as well as the resin secreted by white locust. Pieces of this resin are cleaned of bark and dirt, dried and ground into powder, which is stored in a closed vial. As needed right amount powder is dissolved in warm water and the glue is ready to use. gum arabic - best glue for paper.
Casein glue is used for gluing various materials, including faience, plastic, etc. Casein glue is more moisture resistant than wood glue. Casein is usually sold in powder form, but you can easily make your own.
Obtaining pure casein: Skimmed milk is placed in a warm place so that it turns sour. It is then filtered through blotting paper.
Casein (protein substance of milk) remains on paper. It is washed in soft water, then, tied in a cloth, boiled in water to remove fat. After that, the casein is laid out on blotting paper and dried at room temperature. Glue preparation. Ten parts of casein and one part of borax are kneaded in two parts of water until a dough is obtained, then two more parts of water are added. The resulting adhesive is usable for two to three hours, after which it hardens. Casein glue can be prepared by adding drops to curd ammonia until a gelatinous transparent mass is obtained. This mass is used to lubricate the parts to be glued. For greater strength, the surfaces smeared with glue are allowed to dry, then they are covered with a thin layer of lime paste and after that the parts to be glued are connected.
A few drops of formalin or a solution of aluminum alum are added to the finished casein glue to obtain a waterproof glue.
Celluloid glue can be used to glue a wide variety of materials - wood, leather, fabrics, plastics, etc. The glue dries quickly and is not afraid of moisture at all. For the preparation of glue use unusable film. It is washed in hot water from the emulsion and cut into small pieces. These pieces are placed in a vial and filled with acetone or amyl acetate (pear essence). For one part of celluloid take 2-3 parts of acetone. The vial is shaken from time to time. When the film is completely dissolved, the glue is ready for use.
Small sawdust of organic glass is placed in a vial and filled with a solvent composed of equal parts of acetone and amyl acetate. After pouring the solvent, the vial is placed for several days in a warm place. When the organic glass dissolves, the glue is ready for use.
Acetone or pear essence alone can also be used as a solvent, while the organic glass will not completely dissolve, but the resulting solution can still be glued. Organic glass before gluing is heated to 20°C.
Glue for rubber products can be made in the following way. A piece of good soft rubber (crude rubber) is crushed into small pieces, which are insisted for several days on clean, light so-called aviation gasoline. The result is a rubber solution, which is carefully drained, filtered and left open in a warm place until a thick mass is obtained. It is used for gluing. The surfaces to be joined must be free of all dirt and grease.
Another recipe for glue for galoshes: 13 parts of gutta-percha and 25 parts of rubber are dissolved in 100 parts of carbon disulfide. 7-8 parts of bovine glue are added to the resulting solution and mixed. If the surfaces to be glued are cleaned (with a knife or sandpaper), then it is enough to put a thin layer of this glue so that the connection is very strong. The glue hardens completely after 1-2 days.
Glue composition: Wheat flour - 10 parts, alum - 0.2 parts, water - 410 parts. wheat flour is kneaded cold water until a slurry without lumps is formed.
The rest of the water is heated to a boil and alum is dissolved in it. The slurry is added to the alum solution, stirred and the mixture is boiled until a translucent mass is formed.
The dextrin is mixed with a small amount of water and such an amount of denatured alcohol is added to make a syrupy liquid. This adhesive does not seep through the paper.
To get a mass for gluing glass, you need to melt 50 grams of light shellac with 25 grams of turpentine over low heat. The mixture is cooled slightly and divided into small tiles. When used, the mass is warmed and carefully connected. Excess mass is carefully removed. When gluing glass, gelatin is also used, to which they add a small amount of aqueous solution of potassium dichromate. This glue under the influence of light becomes completely insoluble even in hot water.
casein dissolved in liquid glass, is also suitable for this purpose.
Porcelain can be glued with the same compounds as glass. For repairing dishes, gypsum cement mixed with egg white is especially good. This cement hardens very quickly, and therefore must be handled with great care.
You can get glue for porcelain and faience in the following way: Knock egg whites into foam and put them in a cool place for a day. After that, the settled protein should be separated and carefully ground with quicklime powder, adding it gradually in such an amount that a pasty mass is obtained. This glue is applied to the parts to be glued in a thin layer. The bonding process must be done as soon as possible so that the glue does not have time to dry. To glue parts of porcelain and glass objects, you can use the following lubricant: take washed glass flour (crushed glass) -1 part, add river sand(seeded) -2 parts and liquid glass -6 parts. This putty cements the parts to be glued very firmly. In structure, it is somewhat rough, so it is used for gluing large objects.
HERE IS ANOTHER putty, which differs from the previous ones in a smaller structure, is also used for gluing large objects. They take burnt lime (quicklime) -1 part, chalk (ground) - 10 parts and liquid glass 2.5 parts. According to both recipes, the putty is prepared before use, as it quickly hardens. There is a particularly hard putty for gluing medium-sized objects made of glass and porcelain. It can be prepared as follows: burnt sculptural or medical plaster is taken and placed for one day in a saturated solution of alum. Then it is dried and again calcined and crushed. Gypsum treated in this way, in combination with water, turns into a very solid mass. The ratio of gypsum and water should be such that a liquid mass of cream consistency is obtained.
Amber products can be glued as follows. The surfaces to be joined are washed with an aqueous solution of caustic potassium, slightly heated and tightly compressed. The parts to be glued can also be smeared with a thin layer of boiled linseed oil after which the seam should be carefully heated over the flame charcoal. In this case, the parts to be joined must be strongly compressed with a clamp or tied with wire. An adhesive consisting of a solution of solid copal in ether is also recommended.
Ivory is glued together with a paste of slaked lime and raw egg white. For this purpose, you can also use a solution of albumin in water. The parts to be glued should be tightly compressed and left to dry in a cool place for at least a day. Small items from Ivory glued together with an alloy of equal parts of wax, rosin and turpentine.
This composition is not particularly durable, but it is very convenient to use.
The skin is glued with a solution of pure rubber in carbon disulfide. Warm up the parts to be glued and carefully rub the glue in place of the future seam. It is recommended to add a small amount of turpentine to the resulting solution. Leather glue can also be prepared as follows: a good light wood glue is soaked in water for a day and then slowly melted over a fire with a little water. After that, tannin is added to the liquid mass, which makes it look like sticky threads. Gluing is done with this sticky mass, and the skin must first be cleaned (washed with gasoline) and roughened with glass paper (skins).
Marble can be glued with the following composition: four parts of gypsum and one part of gum arabic in powder are thoroughly mixed. Then a strong solution of borax in cold water is added until a dough is obtained. The parts to be joined are smeared with this putty, tightly compressed and left to dry in a cool, dry place for 5-6 days. Another way of gluing marble: two parts of wax and one part of rubber are mixed with two parts of marble crushed into a fine powder and heated over a fire. Marble must be completely dry when gluing. External cracks are additionally smeared with alabaster, pounded into a gruel with glue water. If the marble is gray, then slate is taken instead of alabaster, and red and dark marble is smeared with ocher. Finally, the entire surface is polished with very fine pumice or tripoli.
gluing plaster products should be done with syndeticone or thick wood glue. In both cases, you need to make sure that the glue does not squeeze out of the seam outward, as this results in a black line that spoils the look of the thing. The seam should be covered with plaster from the outside.
A broken donkey can be glued together, even if it has broken into small pieces. First of all, it is necessary to carefully clean and remove all oil particles from the fracture points by heating the pieces on a hot stove. After that, all particles that should be in contact are carefully sprinkled with shellac and heated again until the shellac melts and fills the pores. Heating must be done on a smooth metal board, and the flame must not touch the pieces, otherwise they may crack elsewhere. For this reason, they should not be heated too much. When the shellac is melted, the pieces are put together, pressed against each other and left in the clamp until they cool. The pieces connected in this way are so firmly glued together that they will not yield to a single stone.
The bone plates lagging behind the keys are glued as follows. Mix white zinc oxide with ordinary wood glue, then process with a file or sandpaper surfaces of both the wooden key and the bone plate, lubricate the key with the specified mixture and leave it for 5-10 minutes. After that, a plate is placed on the key and tied with a cord. After 3-4 hours, the glue will dry out and the excess that has come out at the edges can be removed with a file or sandpaper.
Mica is glued together with a liquid solution of gelatin. If the bonding must be particularly strong, then chromic alum is added to the gelatin.
Universal cement (Chinese) is prepared as follows: prepare a mixture of 54 parts of slaked lime powder, 5 parts of finely ground alum and 40 parts of fresh, well beaten bovine blood. All the above substances should be mixed as thoroughly as possible to obtain a homogeneous mass of the desired density, depending on the intended use. In its thick form, this cement can be used to bond stone, faience, porcelain, etc. In a thicker form, it is used to coat various kinds of objects to make them waterproof.
It is a thick transparent liquid of light yellow color, which is used for gluing vases, figurines, bas-reliefs, antiques made of faience, glass, plastic, wood and metals, as well as for repairing metal products: buckets, tanks, etc. Not recommended for gluing dishes in which food is prepared. When gluing, make sure that water does not get into the glue. The surfaces of the products to be glued are thoroughly cleaned from dirt, dust, rust and traces of grease. Metal objects are treated with sandpaper and washed with gasoline or other means, non-metal - washed hot water with soda or gasoline. The places to be glued are thoroughly dried after their cleaning. Depending on the type of damage, the repair is carried out as follows: the edges of the product for butt gluing are smeared with a thin layer of glue using wooden stick or brushes and air dry until the glue no longer sticks to the finger. Then a second thick layer of glue is applied and slightly dried. The parts to be glued are tightly connected by tying with a rope or bandage.
Glued small items are placed in a pot or a metal can, filled with water and put on fire. The water is brought to a boil, which should last at least three hours, after which the pan is removed from the heat, cooled in air and the products are removed. You can also heat the products in ovens or ovens at a temperature of 120-150 ° C for 1 hour, or over electric hob. Holes in products, such as metal, are sealed as follows from suitable material(thin tin, aluminum, copper, etc.) cut out a patch, the dimensions of which should be 0.5-1 cm larger than the hole.
Apply a patch to the hole and glue the product. Then water is poured inside the dish so that it reaches the bottom edge of the patch and does not touch it. Putting the product on an electric, gas stove or kerosene, boil the water for at least two hours, then remove it from the heat and cool it in air. If a patch is applied to the bottom of a bucket, basin, etc., they are heated over a fire for one to two hours. When gluing figurines, ashtrays, antiques, large vases etc., where high bonding strength is not required, it can be limited to exposure at room temperature for four days.
This adhesive is used to repair clothes, linens, carpets, etc. It is a thick, clear yellow or red liquid. The places of products to be glued are preliminarily cleaned of dust with a brush, moistened with warm water and squeezed well. After straightening the edges of the wetted areas of the fabric, two layers of glue are applied to them and air-dried after applying each layer until the glue no longer sticks to the finger. Then the objects to be glued are connected and pressed on with a hot iron (carefully). The iron is pressed through the damp cloth for 2-3 seconds at intervals of 10-15 seconds until the surface to be bonded is dry. After cooling to room temperature the product is ready for use.
It is impossible to cook wood glue directly on fire, as it can burn. Therefore, it is cooked in special glue pots.
You can also make a glue cooker yourself from tin cans. Take one jar bigger and the other smaller. At the top of a large jar, several holes are made with a diameter of 5-6 millimeters. Iron staples are soldered to a small jar, with the help of which it is fixed on a large jar. Dry glue is soaked and placed in a small jar, and a large one is poured with water and heated. When the water boils, the glue will melt and you can use it.
How to make super glue at home? - This question is often asked by home craftsmen who do not want to spend money on professional solutions or simply incorrectly calculated the required volume for work, but need to increase it. In order not to quit already and not to run headlong to the store, you can make homemade glue, which in its quality will be better than the purchased one. We offer you in this article a few proven recipes in practice. various kinds glue.
Glue, which is made from flour, is prepared in proportion - 1 liter per 2-3 rolls of wallpaper.
In order to prepare it, you will need:
Preparation procedure:
Important! In ready-made form, such glue must necessarily have the consistency of a fairly thick jelly. Similarly, you can make glue from starch, which will not differ in quality from flour glue.
In terms of gluing efficiency, both starch and flour pastes, in special occasions even surpass the ready-made ones industrial adhesives. The wallpaper that is glued by them perfectly adheres to any surface. With it, you can glue all types of paper.
The most common adhesive, which is widely used not only during home renovations, but also in large-scale buildings, is PVA glue. This is rightfully a super-glue, which is very easy to do with your own hands, and the range of applications of which is so versatile that you can solve any problems with such a solution:
Important! It can be said with full confidence that polyvinyl acetate is a kind of lifesaver for any owner who can independently prepare PVA glue.
In order to prepare PVA glue, you will need:
Glue preparation occurs in 2 stages:
Once the gelatin is already swollen in water, you can start preparing your homemade PVA glue:
This is the best glue for gluing wood. It effectively glues cardboard, paper and other materials. But this glue has several features of its own:
Therefore, before you make this type of super glue with your own hands, immediately prepare a place with a work front. There are a small number of ways in which it is possible to prepare quality wood glue, including long-term storage. The following methods are considered the most accessible.
Important! The carpentry glue obtained by this method provides a sufficiently high strength to the surfaces to be glued, and also has fairly good water-repellent functions.
Important! If there is such a need, dissolve 720 g of the resulting glue in a mixture that consists of 720 g of water, as well as 360 g of vodka. Bring this mixture to a boil.
In order to insulate and soundproof living quarters, foam plastic plates, as well as polystyrene foam, are often used. They are usually glued to bearing wall. When choosing a foam adhesive, keep in mind that solvents like acetone can melt it.
That is why, ideal option for him there will be the above-described wood glue. But at home, you can also prepare another waterproof foam paste, which consists of cottage cheese:
A fairly good option for gluing leather, as well as wooden products and other materials is casein glue. This adhesive can be successfully used during surface treatment for puzzles. How to make this type of super glue at home?
In order to cook it at home, the used cottage cheese must necessarily go through a degreasing process. To do this:
This powder is casein, and a solution based on it is great option to make shoe glue at home.
PVA glue will help you glue paper and plastic figures, wooden details and fix various things needed in the household. We will tell you how to make PVA glue yourself, and you do not need to run to the store for it during the repair. Homemade glue can be used both for wallpapering in the house and as a surface primer before finishing.
Prepare the following ingredients for making glue:
The preparation of PVA glue can be divided into two stages - preparation and its direct manufacture. Preparation consists in soaking gelatin:
If the jelly is too thick, dilute with hot water and mix well. The rest of the manipulations are carried out on the second day.
Prepare two ahead enamel pots- one is larger and the other is smaller so that it enters the first. You will cook in a water bath. After the gelatin swells, we proceed to the preparation of the glue:
Let the glue cool and use as directed.
After finishing the preparation of the glue, ventilate the room. Pour the cooled product into convenient suitable jars. Keep the glue in a tight container with a closed lid, otherwise it will dry out. Before applying it to the surface, stir well in a jar with a stick and then apply a small amount of glue. Initially prepare the surfaces to be glued - degrease, remove old paint etc. Store glue no more than 6 months at a temperature of 10 to 15 degrees Celsius. At lower temperatures, it is stored for no more than two months.
You will need few materials for making homemade PVA glue, and making it is simple and quick. Most importantly, follow all the above proportions of the ingredients and constantly stir the adhesive mass during the cooking process.
