Dying unruyu or mulberry paper

ccortner · Post by **ccortner** » December 1st, 2010, 6:25 am

White mulberry and unruyu paper seems to be a lot cheaper than the more
exotic looking stuff. What's type of dye would be best to color it? Also is MC'd unruyu good for folding on it's own or should it only be used for backing? What about double unruyu ala double tissue?

orislater · Post by **orislater** » December 1st, 2010, 8:23 am

where i buy unryu the white is the same cost as the colored

gachepapier · Post by **gachepapier** » December 1st, 2010, 8:31 am

ccortner wrote:White mulberry and unruyu paper seems to be a lot cheaper than the more
exotic looking stuff. What's type of dye would be best to color it? Also is MC'd unruyu good for folding on it's own or should it only be used for backing? What about double unruyu ala double tissue?

Don't know if it's best, but I've dabbled with changing the colour of unryu by mixing acrylic with MC to size it and it works well enough for me (see e.g. my Mabona tiger) - you do have to experiment a bit to find what proportions of colour work well for you. In my case it's been more of a change of shade than a big colour change, such as from white to dark blue, but I suppose you could get that to work too.

It's even easier to do this with double unryu I'd say, since handling the wet sheet to put it to dry is not as fiddly. I always hang my paper on a cardboard tube to let it dry, that way you don't get any shine on the paper's surface - iron when dry and voilà !.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » December 1st, 2010, 11:32 am

Both single and double layered Unryu is very nice to fold when MCed. Double Unryu can get a bit thick, though, so it's not very suitable for most really complex models. Single layered MCed Unryu is lovely; It's strong, thin and generally looks great.

orislater · Post by **orislater** » December 1st, 2010, 6:18 pm

ccortner · Post by **ccortner** » December 1st, 2010, 8:28 pm

Awesome. Thanks all! I'm going to buy my first unruyu

I wish tadashimori would post a video on how to make that handmade paper. Looks nice!

orislater · Post by **orislater** » December 3rd, 2010, 6:18 am

it's funny how your signature is spam while your advice is good

Falcifer · Post by **Falcifer** » December 3rd, 2010, 10:02 am

orislater wrote:it's funny how your signature is spam while your advice is good

It also sounds terribly familiar (at the end of the last paragraph).

orislater · Post by **orislater** » December 3rd, 2010, 6:51 pm

oh i forgot to read that one. damn we have another one of these guys who copy posts. oh well anna will ban him im sure

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