418 PAPER PASTE£, GUMMED. 
The whole to be dissolved, and mixed well with waiter inte 
a thick paste. 
This is well adapis for attaching different objects, and espe- 
cially for fixing shells to pasteboard, &c. 
GUM PASTE. 
White Sugar Candy, - - - - 202. 
Common Gum Arabic, - - - - 4Ado. 
Let these be melted in a pot of hot water, and then strained 
through a linen or horse-hair sieve. When properly dissolved, 
add to it two table-spoonfuls of staren or hair-powder, and mix 
the whole well together. This paste may be used for many 
purposes, and it never spoils. It may be dried, and by pouring 
a little warm water on it, it will soon be ready for use. If it is 
wished to be all melted, and hurriedly, the pot containing: it 
shouid be placed in warm water, or sand. 
FLOUR PASTE. 
Make fiour paste in the ordinary way, and add to it a small 
portion of the solution of corrosive sublimate, or powdered 
corrosive sublimate. This will prevent the attack of mites, to 
which paste is very liable when dried. This paste may be dried 
into a cake, and moistened when required. 
SOLUTION OF GUM ARABIC, 
The solution of gum arabic is made by simply adding water 
to it. When used as a varnish, or for attaching Ahtee. it is 
extremely apt to get too brittle, in very warm cee and to 
crack, or split off in scales; to prevent this, a quarter of an 
ounce of white or brown sugar candy must be added to two 
ounces of gin arabic. 
PAPER PASTE, GUMMED. 
Take a coifee-pot, filled with water, and add to it a quantity 
of paper, which has been slightly sized, like that used for 
printing engravings. Let it boil for three hours, and, when 
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