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Jen
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That's because rubber cement is not acid free. As you have now found out, it tends to lose its sticky properties after only a few months. I've only used rubber cement for masking before, because it can be picked up with an eraser.
Since papercrafts have a lot of time and effort put into them, it might be a good idea to use acid-free paper as well as glue. It will keep the paper from turning yellow like newspapers do. The liquid glue of choice tends to be an all-purpose white glue, like elmer's or tacky glue. If you want to use a glue stick for your papercrafts instead, make sure the glue is acid-free, and make sure that it hasn't been sitting on the shelf so long that the glue is almost dry. I've also had problems with glue sticks claiming to be acid-free before, but it turns out that they weren't, but I really don't know how to prevent that from happening too well other than to buy a well-known brand.
There might be a possibility of getting a sticky for awhile by asking a mod in IRC. I don't know if they'd actually do it though, and a more permanent workaround already seems to be happening with wikichan. Shall we add beginner's origami to /po/ on wikichan as well?
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