Introduction: Moooooo Glue
This is glue made from milk, vinegar and baking soda. It is stronger than elmers glue and is very inexpensive. It is my entry to the amazon.com and instructables science fair group.
Step 1: Materials
Heres what you need:
Milk(mooo juice)no whole milk
Vinegar
Baking Soda
Paper Towel or Coffee Filter
Popsicle Stick
Table Spoon
2 Dixie Cups
Small Spoon
Step 2: Making It
Mix 4 tablespoons of milk to 2 tablespoons of vinegar or a 2:1 ratio of milk to vinegar. Mix with the popsicle sticks for about a minute or until there are tiny lumps when you take out the popsicle.
Step 3: Finishing Touches
Take your paper towel and set it on the paper cup. Then push down oncenter of the towel into the cup, making a small indentation. Pour in the milk and vinegar mixture and let it set for a couple of seconds. Then pick up the towel with the lumps (curds) in it and roll it, as in the picture. Squeeze the bottom to drain more liquid (whey) out. Open the towel and lay it on wherever you're working. Take the popsicle stick and scrape it all into a pile. Add a pinch of baking soda and stir it for 30 seconds. After a minute it will turn light brown and most of the clumps will disappear. It is now done. Spread a thin layer of the glue over whatever you're gluing. A little goes a long way.
Step 4: How It Works
Milk is a source of casein,a sticky protein, which is made of complex chains of amino acids. It is used to make glue, nail polish and also to make medical pills as a binding agent, which is a material used to make solid pills from loose powders.
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15 Comments
10 years ago on Introduction
Theophilus talks about this in "Divers Arts" he said that if you added quick lime to it you could glue boats together. I haven't tried it yet but it looks right in your neighbor hood, also if you title it making glue from spoiled milk you can recoupe the cost of milk, groceries throw out milk past it's expiration and sometimes you can get it for asking. In a farm environment milk is the price of grass.
Once again Nice!
13 years ago on Introduction
Cool idea. I'm working on a way to make tacky glue(or any glue I guess) stronger
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
use flour
12 years ago on Introduction
Actually how strong is this glue?
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
like elmers glue.
13 years ago on Introduction
When I did it it just turned into a bunch of foam?
13 years ago on Introduction
Do you know if this can be stored if you don't use all of it?
13 years ago on Introduction
nice idea, now i know how i am going to fix the cupboard door in the kitchen... lol
13 years ago on Introduction
um what about the smell of aged moo glue? ew!!!
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
No smell : ) Well, unless you leave a large amount someplace where it can't dry out, but then the smell is mold, not sour milk.
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
oh,
13 years ago on Introduction
Isn't Elmer's white glue made of milk anyway?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
no its made of animal hooves
13 years ago on Introduction
first of all that thing looks like a turd turned white and stuff..and second of all ew...........but i guess its a ok project...
13 years ago on Introduction
At over $2 a gallon, milk glue is expensive especially when you are only using the solids : ) (If you figure 1/3 of the milk is solids-generous guess-, you are at the same price as bulk elmer's glue.)