I'm back today with a new "practical" article to share our tips and tricks on using glue for your creative projects!
In the shop (but also on the e-shop and on this blog), we offer various creative hobbies based on Japanese paper and crepe paper, such as decorating objects with Japanese paper, origami, or even making crepe paper flowers and foliage. Depending on your creative project, you will need to use a different type of glue!
WHITE GLUE
White glue (or vinyl glue) is our all-purpose glue! It's the one we use the most in our workshop because it's very versatile. Indeed, it can be applied to various supports (paper, cardboard, metal, etc.) and is therefore suitable for many creative hobbies around paper (cardboard, bookbinding, scrapbooking, etc.). It's a slow-setting glue that can allow you to rework a collage as you wish and can also be wiped off with cold water, if necessary. It also becomes transparent when dry.
At the shop, we mainly use it to dress different types of objects with Japanese paper: metal tea box, cardboard pencil holder, wooden tissue box, fan or blank paper card ... We apply it directly on the paper (and not on the support to be covered) using abrush . If you need to spread the glue over a large surface, we advise you to put some in the center of your piece of Japanese paper and then spread it using the edge of an old loyalty card for example, towards the "outside" of your paper.
Although it was not initially intended for this use, it is also possible to use it to decorate a section of wall with Japanese paper! If you have already been to the store, perhaps you have noticed the wall behind the checkout, covered in Japanese paper? We customized it with vinyl glue! However, unlike the Ovalit M wall covering glue that we sometimes use for this purpose, the white glue will be more difficult to remove. Indeed, the Ovalit M, once "soaked" with water using a sponge, can be removed with ease!
If you are interested in learning how to personalize different objects with Japanese paper, here are some articles that might interest you:
- TUTORIAL Cylindrical Metal Tea Box to Personalize
- TUTORIAL: Customizable Pencil Holder
- TUTORIAL Cylindrical Candle Holder to Personalize
To find out more, the keyword “ customization ” on the blog will take you to all the articles we have on this subject!
We also recommend using this glue with the " Celestial Cloud Garland " kits and the " 3 Foliage " and " 3 Ginkgo Branches " kits because, once dry, it allows the elements to be stiffened together and thus obtain a durable and robust result.
GEL GLUE
Gel glue is also a multi-purpose glue! It's a fast-setting glue that can be used for various types of small, creative projects that require precision and attention to detail. It can be used on many surfaces, including certain plastics.
For our part, we use it mainly for assembling origami elements, in particular for certain folds which require assembling different parts of the same origami together, such as the
tassel , the
module or the
cube , the
"accordion" angel or even the
volume flower for example! We also use it, in the specific case of folding the
cherry blossom mounted on a stem, to block the origami and prevent it from moving and sliding on the stem. Indeed, it is a glue which hardens on contact with air and which can therefore be used for this purpose.
For a better grip of the Japanese paper elements between them, we advise you to let the glue "rest" for a few moments, once applied to one of your Japanese paper elements, before assembling it with the second element (and so on ...)
If you'd like to explore our blog posts about origami, the keyword "
origami " will take you to all our paper folding tutorials.
TACKY GLUE
Tacky glue (or contact glue) is a type of vinyl glue with a thick consistency and quick setting. It should be distinguished from
Classic
white glue , with a more liquid viscosity and slower setting, but it remains just as versatile! With its precision tip, it is ideal for all detailed creative work, depositing just the right amount of glue.
We mainly use it for making crepe paper flowers and foliage! Due to its consistency, it allows you not to "soak" the crepe paper and thus to assemble, without difficulty, different elements for making crepe paper flowers and foliage. For better adhesion of the crepe paper elements between them, we advise you (just like for the gel glue) to let it "rest" for a few moments before assembly.
This glue is to be used as a complement to our various crepe paper flower and foliage kits. You can discover our range of
"Bouquets and Flowers" kits in the section opposite!
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I hope this article has been able to enlighten you and provide you with some details regarding the use of the different glues that we offer in store and on the e-shop. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to share them with us in the comments! We will be happy to answer them.
I will see you soon for new articles,
Adeline
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