Thread: glue to water ratio

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I am waundering what the glue to water ratio that is used for corpsing plastic skulls. This is my first attempt at corpsing a skull so if anyone has any other ideas please let me know.

hey magic, what are you corpsing with besides glue? and water? cheescloth, nylon stockings? tisue paper? if you want a good rigid and hard pice use like 1 glue to 1-2 parts water. If you just want to make the glue go further and having a dense hard material isn't as important, try a 1 glue to 4-5 parts water. Also depending on the thickness of the corpsing material, you'll want a heavier glue mixture for heavier materials like linen or cheescloth but a thinner mixture for things like tissue.

It's not an exact science, but I usually mix mine around half and half.
Seems to give the required results...

Actually, I've been having success with paper towels dipped in plain old latex-based paint. The cool thing is that you can get your base color and your texture in one step.