MC - Methyl Cellulose

zxop9 · Post by **zxop9** » September 13th, 2008, 4:41 pm

finally found a place that will order mc for me. damn it took a long time.
wish i could have bought off that chemistry store but i don't have a credit card

Max · Post by **Max** » September 15th, 2008, 7:06 pm

Hey girls!

I made some paper and took photos. Since i just got 2 hands it wasn't easy *g*

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28156563@N ... 305932016/

max

zxop9 · Post by **zxop9** » September 15th, 2008, 11:17 pm

what do you mean hey girls? a bit confusing.

but thanks for the photos

Max · Post by **Max** » September 16th, 2008, 6:57 am

I don't know if you are a girl,but it was meant as a joke.
I was in a rather good mood yesterday

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » September 16th, 2008, 12:14 pm

Yes, she's a girl, I can tell because her name is Brendan!

zxop9 · Post by **zxop9** » September 17th, 2008, 1:36 am

folding with it so far it feel like finishing details won't be able to be shaped as nice as with tissue foil, am i wrong? if not is there some method you guys use to shape it nicely?

on a side note, how'd you know what my name is?

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » September 17th, 2008, 2:23 am

Your Flickr account...

pereze · Post by **pereze** » September 17th, 2008, 3:06 am

zxop9: The finishing details can be shaped as well with wet folding. However, it takes a little imagination and creativity at times to hold a piece in place while it dries.

zxop9 · Post by **zxop9** » September 17th, 2008, 3:20 am

thanks pere!!

and i thought flickr kept that kind of info confidential =/

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » September 17th, 2008, 3:35 am

Well, usually usernames aren't confidential, espeically when it's a social site like Flickr. That's why people make their usernames different from their real names, hah.
It's not a big deal though.

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » September 17th, 2008, 3:50 am

If your username was confidential, it'll get really confusing. No one can tell who is who and they'll refer to you as "the guy with the 25$ camera".

I think the kind of double tissue I'm making is totally different. I use crepe paper, which has a rough texture instead of a smooth one. It also seems to be a lot weaker. If I tried to lift it up when it's totally saturated (like in the 8th step), it'll just tear off. That's why I make the glue so thick it won't even go trough the paper. I just slowly apply the glue on the first layer while putting on the next one at the same time. However, it still works fine. I have never seen tissue like the ones you're using here before. Are you really using tissue? I mean even the normal kind of tissue you use to blow your nose isn't that strong.

pereze · Post by **pereze** » September 17th, 2008, 4:04 am

angrydemon: The kind of tissue that I use is gift tissue paper; the kind that you put in gift bags. It's very smooth and takes little MC to be fully saturated. The kind of tissue paper I blow my nose on is Kleenax =P

zxop9 · Post by **zxop9** » September 17th, 2008, 4:31 am

out of curiousity pere, how do you wet the model to make the finishing details, i was thinking of using a spray bottle

Max · Post by **Max** » September 17th, 2008, 7:06 am

haha, i traped a funny discussion *g*

By the way, i use "Canson" tissue paper.
Funny how limited one is when it comes to choosing paper depending on the country living in. Here we got tissue paper and elephant hide, but i wasnt able to find mullberry paper yet.

pereze · Post by **pereze** » September 17th, 2008, 11:20 pm

zxop9: I use a soft, fine tipped paintbrush to wet only the areas that I'm shaping. Depending on the paper quality, using a spray bottle may cause the paper to crinkle when it dries. I avoid this by using the fine tipped brush to wet only creased edges.