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I'm attempting my first pumpkinrot style prop and am a stranger to paper mache. Is a 3 parts glue to 1 part water the standard recipe and are gloves needed? Any other tips are welcome.
thanks

You'll get a lot of opinions on this subject. I use a 50/50 mix for most applications, but will add more glue to the mix if I want to strengthen an area. I also use those soft, "fancy" napkins to overlay paper towels and get better detail.

No gloves needed. Wear old clothes, though.

aye, lots of different recipes out there. Mine is 3 parts water to 1 part elmers white glue. I like the mix a little thinner so I can use a spray bottle to apply the glue mix. Here's a couple of quick links to paper mache and a pumpkin rot tutorial:

Stolloween: The paper mache master

pumpinrot style tutorial

I think the only rule to paper mache is just to have fun

This is my first year for papier mache also, and I used Stolloween's recipe. Six cups flour, one cup white glue, one cup liqiud starch, and about five cups of water. The best tip I can give, is that it's better for the paste to be too thin, rather than too thick.

I use 2 cups water 2 cups flour tablespoon salt and elmers glue freely. It works great for holding the pumpkin together so far. I dont wear gloves just wash hands for a bit when done. Good Luck they are fun to make!

I used to try different combinations of flour, glue, water and salt. Worked well but too time consuming. Now I just use straight or tinted UGL Drylok and thick blue shop towels. This method saves time as you don't have to worry about waterproofing.

I also used Stolloween's recipe. (I used that with newspapers.) When buying the glue it's much cheaper to buy it by the gallon - found mine at Menard's. I drylocked over it to waterproof then painted them. Good luck-

Much like Otaku, I use a 50/50 mixture of white glue and water. Where I seem to differ from everyone is that I don't use paper. At all. I use fabric. Old sheets and pillowcases mostly.

When I made my first corpse, I used T-shirt and latex paint. I dipped the T-shirt material in the paint and made skin for my corpse head. I haven't tried paper mache yet but really want to attempt some.

My hubby and I actually bought A type of paper mache mesh from Michaels craft store to make our "Pumpkinrot" pumpkin head last year. It worked amazingly well and wasn't expensive. It's a white mesh material that you put into warm water and when you apply it to whatever you're making and smooth it out it looks like paper mache. It dries super hard and was really easy to work with. Just an idea.