Rags

[landman]

I read in Hollywood's dio thread that he made rags with tissues wetted with thinned white glue. What does one thin white glue with and what is the recipe?

[Ace-Garageguy]

Thin white glue with water. Just about any recipe will work. All you need is for it to dry somewhat stiff...kinda like dried snot on a Kleenex.

Edited February 7, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[vintagercr]

Interesting!

[landman]

Tried it. Seems to work. they aren't quite dry yet.

[astroracer]

If you mix a bit of red food coloring into the glue you can make the "rags" red. Use different mixes, NON of these rags are the same shade. Blue is also a popular color, I have both in my collection.

Mark

[Jantrix]

I've used the same trick with paper towels to create, el cheapo seat covers in a beater, and on 3" shotgun cleaning swatches too.

[High octane]

We had a demo on using tissues with white glue/water mix last Friday night at our club meeting on making tonneau/bed covers on pickup beds. I didn't watch the demo as I was busy gabbin' with other members. This method could be used to make tarps over engines, cars, etc. as well.

[Ace-Garageguy]

... This method could be used to make tarps over engines, cars, etc. as well.

I've seen lotsa armor and sci-fi models use it for exactly that.

[landman]

First attempt. the "oil" is quite shiny. I may tone it down.

[gtx6970]

Sure looks a lot like the rags laying on my shop bench at the moment,,,grease stains and all ( I had to build a Mopar transmission for a customer of mine this week )

 

Edit,

I saw a picture some time ago  where the builder used this method to make a green tarp over a car. Using a paper towel with a  green tinted glue /water mix. It looked EXACTLY like a tarp , texture and all .

Edited February 11, 2016 by gtx6970