Corn Starch, Non-Food, Paper Mache Adhesive, Sizing, Talc Substitute, FreeShip.
Starch is a carbohydrate commonly found in foods like corn, wheat, potatoes, and cassava. It's the most common carbohydrate produced, made of glucose molecules attached together with glycosidic bonds. Starch consists of two molecules, amylose and amylopectin. Starch is insoluble in cold water but soluble in warm water. Unmodified starch only gels in water close to boiling point. When mixed with warm water it makes a paste called "Wheatpaste" which was historically used when hanging wallpaper. Wheatpaste: "(also known as flour and water paste, flour paste, or simply paste) is a gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or starch and water. It has been used since antiquity for various arts and crafts such as book binding, découpage, collage, papier-mâché, and adhering paper posters and notices to walls"....(see more)