rice epoxy

[labraid]

Hello All,
Anyone ever eaten those Thai spring rolls with a soft translucent rice wrapper? A friend was making some, as I watched I asked myself why this sticky, glutenous stuff in the form of powder couldn't be used as an epoxy of sorts.. Not for structural applications, of course, for inlaying, gap filling, etc. While I'm certain it will do the job, is this stuff going to succumb to the same fate as crumbly, celluloid (is it?) centennial tuner knobs a hundred years from now? Anyone have any thoughts here?

Thanks in advance!
Brian

[Rob Grant]

So Brian, are you saying you want to not only eat your spring roll, but play it too?<G>

Sorry, can't help it...

Rob
VeryFarOutNorthQueensland,Oz

[Exude]

I was watching something on TV about the Great Wall of China. they mentioned that the morter is holding up better than the bricks themselves, and they said that it took them forever to figure out why...turns out that they used rice flour in the mix.

[bmac]

"the morter is holding up better than the bricks themselves"

Sounds great... but a brick mando might be a little heavy, in my opinion.

[Rob Grant]

"...turns out that they used rice flour in the mix."

Sounds like "cockroach heaven" to me!<G>

[Exude]

Makes you wonder about all of those take out places... "is that water chestnuts or...?"

[HoosierGuy]

I also heard they used tung oil on the wall too.

[mort]

FLOUR GLUE! it's what I used to make paper mache stuff out of while in crafts at Bible school.::

[Luthier]

I really think the rice should only be used for saki....


Don