(id_005) potatoe glue

by Juliette Collas, Philomena Theuretzbacher

Recipe Distributed under a CC-BY license: feel free to use and modify while citing the original source.

Recipe

Ingredients 100-150g potato starch (the more starch the stickier) 1L water

Preparation 1. stirr the potato starch into one cup of cold water 2. bring the rest of the water to a boil 3. whisk the starch-water into the boiling water 4. cook while constantly stirring until translucent, take of the heat immediately so it does not burn 5. let cool (as long as it is hot, it is malleable. As it cools down it starts to to keep its shape more and more)

Disposal

cleaning stains can be removed with water, stubborn patches may need help from a brush if you let it dry completely when its spread out, you can just rub it off, and get snow-like flakes

disposal it is food grade, and can be disposed of as you would food scraps

Comments

edible slime, soluble glue, artificial snow

     **viscosity**
 
  mashed potatoes
 
     **elasticity**
 
   cooked noodle
 
     **brillance**
 
        matt
 
    **fluorescence**
 
         no
 
    **transparency**
 
    frosted glas
 
    **flammability**
 
   non-flammable
 
     **hazardous**
 
         NA
 
      **toxicity**
 
       edible
 
    **ecotoxicity**
 
  safe for compost
 
       **smell**
 
        mild
 
     **stickyness**
 
       resin
 
      **wetness**
 
        wet
 
   **Monetary-input**
 between 0 and 1 € /liter 
     **complexity**
 need to stir, need to cook, need to rest 
     **durability**
 
        days
 
    **slipperyness**
 
     wet shower
 
  **cleaning-clothes**
 
      laundry
 
 **comment_on_laundry**
 
         NA
 
  **cleaning-surface**
 
       scrub
 
   **transformation**
 
       water
comment_on_reversability soluble in water, can be colored and flavoured at any point 
   **body_toxicity**
 
        none
 
     **Time-input**
 
      < 1 hour
comment-on-laundry-treatment will wash out of textiles without problem