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dear /po/ Anonymous
hay /po/. 8 pieces of 20"x30" lokta paper just arrived in the mail today. This will be my first time folding from handmade paper.

I have a question or two.
1. Can it be dry folded effectively?
and
2. If not, how do you go about applying MC? What should I use to paint it on? How do I get an even coat? How viscous should the MC be?

Help me out here, /po/, I'm a n00b at folding with handmade papers.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
I think Robert Lang might have some written on the topic. Check on his website, langorigami.com . Also, check the Origami Forum, http://www.thekhans.me.uk/forum .

You're most likely not going to be able to dry-fold the lokta effectively. Get some MC/CMC. Try about half a teaspoon in 50 mL water to start with. That should be sufficient for one piece. Get a large sheet of [tempered] glass, bigger than your paper. Lay the paper on the glass.

Use a paintbrush (not the spongey kind) or a paint roller to cover the paper. Let dry. When it's dry, peel it off the glass. That should make it foldable. Some wet-folding and more MC won't hurt for the finishing details and shaping.
>> Anonymous
heh, after trying to fold Kamiya's Smilodon out if it untreated, I suppose you're right about it not being suitable for dry folding. I made it all the way to step 80 something before the shit hit the fan. It folded sort of like construction paper dry... Guess I'll try it with MC.

anyway, thank you for your help. Is there any alternative to glass? That's also what the lang article said, but I don't exactly have huge panes of tempered glass laying around that aren't already being used as windows.
>> Anonymous
>>123911

An old picture frame, like for a big painting, the glass of that? Do you have a glass-top desk? Or you could probably pick one up at the hardware store pretty cheap. The glass is great, because it will stick enough to stay, but not enough to get stuck. And neither thing will get trashed. Smooth wood should work too, but it might get ruined. Perhaps the rubber/plastic top of a cardtable will work?
>> Anonymous
>>123916
I suppose I could cut out the square first and then just treat the square instead of the whole 20x30in piece. I bet I could manage to find at least 30x30+cm piece of glass somewhere.

Thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>123911

Plexiglass works. Poster frames are cheap enough and you can get them in several sizes.
>> Anonymous
>>124100
really? I'll just get a poster frame with my MC then.
Thank you.