Everlasting paper?

[origami_8]

For further strength elefant hide would be perfect, but I guess as the textile tape is very strong on its own usual copy paper or anything along those lines could work as well.

[Gerardo]

Ok, I'll check out this option in the future. Has this material been tried before in origami ? Thanks origami_8!

[origami_8]

I'm not sure whether anyone has tried it out for Origami, but I've seen some Instructables using it to create wallets and other long lasting objects. It seems they call it duct tape there.

[Gerardo]

Oh, duct tape... why didn't you say so ?

I'm in love with that kind of tape, it's soooo useful! But I gotta say (in my opinion) it's really ugly for origami.

[Gerardo]

It's been five months since I folded the model in transparent contact paper with its protective layer. Today it looks like this:





The protective layer looks very worn out. And the back is tearing by the flap of the top pocket. It seems to be a very critical point because the same thing happened with the transparency (acetate) paper.

In conclusion:

NO GOOD!


And this is my current test: polypropylene fabric (the same as some bags) pasted together and hardened with white glue (PVA).



It's thick and feels somewhat hard (no second interpretations please ). I really like its look, hopefully it'll last a lot longer .

And regarding the Tyvek paper, I damaged a square when I tried to paint it with a spray can. The paint started to crack while I tried to fold the sheet. It's definitely better if I wait for someone who can help me with a paint gun.

[Gerardo]

Four months and a half since I folded the envelope in polypropylene fabric. Here are its current photos:





It looks a bit worn out but not that much. In the close up picture, you can see all the broken fibers and the layers peeled in the critical area. Despite all that, there wasn't any tearing nor paint peeling. That's literally the first time!

GOOD. Although I hope to find a better material.


And this is my current material for testing. Painted Tyvek... finally!





I gotta confess it didn't start well. The paint actually peeled in very small sections from the folding process. Hopefully it won't peel anymore... time will tell. And I don't know why a folded edge of the silver paint acquired a reddish color... you can see that in the close up picture.

[Gerardo]

I used the Tyvek lacquer painted version for six months, up to December. This was the result:



I had strong hope in this test. The problem is the fact that the color is only superficial. The paper itself resisted very well; it didn't tear anywhere at all, yet it looks worn-out.

NO GOOD!


This is my current test: lacquer painted polypropelene fabric.



It got pretty strong with the paint. I like that .