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Have searched for info already addressed, but ... has anyone experienced a paper product they would avoid again when combining paper of various content or manufacturing processes? Or, did you process each type separately before final combination?
Friends are saving huge amounts of magazines, cereal boxes, corregated, posterboard, newspaper, junk mail, almost anything not soiled, wax coated or food contact for a large project.
Grinding, sawing, tearing then stewing in large vat to separate impurities, making mush/slurry to pump from mixing vat into flat-fill molds would be a shame to waste.
Thanks in advance for any input!
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I would look to the finished project for guidance in choosing the paper.
If you're making a pinata, a parade float, working out a design, or creating any object that isn't expected to last long, virtually any paper would do. This kind of thing is perfect for low-quality recycled paper like newspaper. You've seen what happens to newspaper when it ages: it deteriorates.
If you're making something that you would want to keep around for several years, I would go to a higher-quality, acid-free paper.
But if you're making a real work of art that you hope will last longer than you, or sell it as a collectors item/art object, you would do best to use the highest quality materials that you can.
We have a thread on selling your work as art, with discussion on how papier mache is often considered to be a low-cost, low-quality craft material. Some artists who work in what is really PM never use the term in association with their work. How a work of art is perceived is very important, esp if you're selling it.
Sue
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For pulp - thin magazine/advertising sheet paper is best. Newspaper good.
cardboard and thicker papers bad.
For laminating - newspaper, kraft, bond good. Cardboard useless.
Armatures - cardboard great.
DavidO
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