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GUM ARABIC POWDER(CODE
2023) GUM ARABIC POWDER *GUM ARABIC POWDER OR GUM ACACIA AS IT IS SOMETIMES KNOWN IS RECOMMENDED AS A PRINT TABLE ADHESIVE. * GUM ARABIC IS A NATURAL THICKENER/ADHESIVE EXUDED FROM THE ACACIA TREE AND IS WIDELY USED IN FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICALS. MAKING UP PRINT TABLE ADHESIVE * 100grms OF GUM ARABIC IS STIRRED INTO 200 mls OF COLD WATER (WILL GO LUMPY) AND THE MIXTURE IS HEATED UNTIL BOILING. * CONTINUE TO BOIL WITH CONSTANT STIRRING FOR 15 MINUTES BY WHICH TIME THE MAJORITY OF THE LUMPS WILL HAVE DISSOLVED. * COOL. MAKE UP THE VOLUME TO 300 mls AND STRAIN TO REMOVE RESIDUAL LUMPS. * THE GUM ARABIC PASTE IS READY TO USE AND CAN BE BRUSHED ONTO THE PRINT TABLE (KEEP REMAINING PASTE IN SEALED BOTTLE). * BEFORE DRYING, THE GUM ON THE TABLE WILL BECOME TACKY AND THE FABRIC TO BE PRINTED CAN BE STRETCHED AND SMOOTHED OVER THE SURFACE. * TO USE THE PRINT TABLE AT A LATER DATE EITHER:
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