What do you recommend as a solution to harden paper? (libranet.de)

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I have a few project ideas, and I thought of reusing the paper from various shop catalogs that I receive in my physical mailbox. I'd like to make it stiffer, something more like cardboard. I read somewhere online that you could use corn starch for this, mixed with water. Would it work? Do you have better ideas?

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[-] silentdon@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

Do a search online for paper mache. I think that's what you want.

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