stan

hi, the only site that i found selling Phenolic Aldehyde is http://www.chinanusa.com

hope it helps.

The Fe {iron} should be treathed or can be used raw? thanks.

Stan

Commercial wheat past is sometimes hard to find, but homemade paste is easy to make.  Bill Ofca provided a procedure in one of his "Technique of Fire" books, and I modified it to avoid lumps:  Bring 9 cups of water to a rolling boil.  In a blender, add three cups of cold water followed by 2 cups of all-purpose flour.  Quickly put the cover on the blender and start the blender on a medium setting.  After about 20-30 seconds, stop the blender.  This will release a strange air bubble that seems to form in the flour mixture.  Start the blender again, and then mix for another 30 seconds while using a spoon to carefully dislodge any wet flour clinging to the blender's container.  Quickly add the flour mixture to the boiling water and immediately start to stir the hot mixture.  An electic mixer works very well for this purpose.  As the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat.  Mix/stir for another minute, then turn off the heat and mix/stir for another minute.  (This avoids having the bottom burn or cook much more than the rest.)  Cover the pot and set it aside to cool for several hours.  Paste prepared in this manner will spoil within a couple of days in warm weather, but its pot-life can be extended by adding a small amount of boric acid or salicylic acid.

Hello to ALL,

just wanted to add, that wheat paste is EXTENSIVELY used in Malta, very practical to work with.

best regards

Stanley