Home-Made Sugru
Intro: Home-Made Sugru
I just came across this awesome and fairly new substance that is called sugru. Sugru is a whole nother class of silicon because it bonds to most materials, and when it sets this stuff is basically indestructible. I didn't really feel like buying this stuff online so i did some searching on line and came across this way make sugru and it was very cheap, in all it probably only cost me $4 to $5 to make around 9 ounces.
STEP 1: What You Need
- silicon caulk (you can get this at any home improvement store)
- A paper cup
- A plastic spoon
- Corn starch/corn flour
- Food coloring
- A paper cup
- A plastic spoon
- Corn starch/corn flour
- Food coloring
STEP 2: The Mix
Put the amount of silicon caulk you want into the plastic cup, the mix is 50/50 so you are going to want to put the same amount of corn starch in the cup as you put silicon caulk.
STEP 3:
you can color this any way you want but I used a few drops of food coloring and mixed it thoroughly until it turned the color I want
STEP 4: Adding Water
Now time to add a very small amount of water, after you add the water mix it around and dump the excess water out. the mix is going to be a little soggy so add a pinch or so of corn starch and mix it in to the mix. now you should be left with a substance like play-do that you can mold, bend, and twist around.
Note: if your mix is still too sticky to use you can put some corn starch in you hand and start rolling the mix around in your hand.
Note: if your mix is still too sticky to use you can put some corn starch in you hand and start rolling the mix around in your hand.
STEP 5: Finished
Now you don't have to go online and get ripped off by the sugru company you can just make your own sugru.
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20 Comments
joknrok 7 years ago
ErkM1 8 years ago
Innovation_Incorporated 8 years ago
Ive used spray paint successfully too, it just doesn't give as much as a good color.
apple-o 9 years ago
This isn't *exactly* the same as the "oogroo" instructable, because that recipe specifies linseed based oil paint for color and this one specifies food coloring.
The last time I was at Home Depot, I looked in the paint department and could not find any linseed oil based paint - can anyone recommend where to find this, either online or at a national chain (and if so, a specific brand or product)?
wolf68_at_gmail_com 8 years ago
Linseed based paint is usually over with the wood Home Depot has it for around $23/Gal, You can get on home depot.com and order it if your local store doesn't have it. They will ship it to the store for free.
chartle 8 years ago
A little late but you want to go to a craft store or artist supply and get tubes of oil paint.
I found a begiiners asssotment of paint for maybe $6.
muddog15 10 years ago
It may harden like Sugru, but will it rip off like regular sugru does?
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