Nori wheat starch paste, ready-to-use

Nori Wheat Starch Paste™
Ready To Use

3 ready-to-use packets, + approx. 9 sq. inches hinging paper: $4.95

NORI" 100% Pure Hinging Paste
There’s no longer a need to compromise. Finally, a precooked, ready to use, pure wheat starch paste for hinging art. Nori comes in individual use 5g foil packs that will remain sterile until opened. Ready to use paste at your fingertips. Just tear open the pack and brush onto your hinges. Pure wheat starch paste has been used for centuries in the Orient and is recommended by artists, museums, conservators, and framers as the best adhesive for hinging art work. NORI paste is easily reversible. This is the only commercially available precooked wheat starch product that does not contain additives or preservatives.

It is made with 100% pure premium food grade wheat starch and distilled water and cooked under sterile conditions. Meets all recommendations for hinging artwork world wide. Also meets CCI (Canadian Conservation Institute) guidelines, and FACTS Standards for maximum preservation framing.

No Compromise, 100% Pure Precooked Wheat Starch Paste. No Preservatives, No Additives, Sterile Until Opened. Individual Use 5g Packets. Perfect Consistency for Hinging. Meets FACTS Standards.
Great Hinging Tips Hinging with wheat starch paste and long fiber Japanese paper is the preferred method of attaching art. NORI is 100% pure ready to use wheat starch paste. When dry, NORI makes a strong, reliable bond. "Feathering" the edges of the hinge paper is universally recommended to avoid creases and cockling of the art. It is also important that the size and strength of the hinging paper be appropriate to the weight of the art paper. The hinge paper enclosed is a medium weight Japanese mulberry paper commonly used for hinging. If you are not familiar with this method, please take a minute to review the following:
Fig. 1. To tear "feathered" edges, first wet a line parallel with the chain lines in the paper.
Fig. 2. Fold the paper along the wetted line and gently pull it apart making long feathered edges. It is helpful to tear along a ruler or other straightedge.
Fig. 3. Continue wetting and tearing to make hinges with feathered edges on all sides.
Fig. 4. With a small soft brush, apply NORI paste to the long fibers of the hinge from the center outward, spreading the fibers like a fan. Only apply NORI paste to about 1/4" along the edge of the hinge
Fig. 5. After the NORI paste has dried some (see note below), place each hinge on the back of the art about 1/4-3/8" down from the top edge.
Fig. 6. Cover the hinge with a blotter and a weight and allow to dry 10-15 min.

Fig. 7. Align the art on the back board. For a "Pendant Hinge", just paste the hinge to the back board. For a "T-Hinge", attach another piece across the hinge as shown. Leave about 1/8" of the hinge unattached.
Fig. 8. Cover the hinges with blotters and weights and allow to dry 10-15 min.

Fig.9. This illustrates one method of hinging "Floated" art using "Slit" or "Pass Through" hinges. Attach "Pendant Hinges" to the art as shown. Cut slits through the back board to line up with the hinges. Pass the hinges through the back board and attach with "T-Hinges". On larger pieces add side hinges near the bottom up away from the corners. Attach these side hinges loosely.
Fig. 10. Apply 5 hinges to copy paper as a test for bond strength at different drying times. Apply NORI paste to all 5 hinges at the same time. Attach the first hinge immediately after pasting, cover with a blotter and a weight. Wait 3 minutes and apply the 2nd hinge and weight, wait 3 min. and apply the 3rd hinge and weight, etc. Leave all hinges under the weights for another 15 minutes. Now try to pull the hinges from the paper noting the cockling and bond strength. Repeat this test until you can attach a hinge to copy paper without cockling and still have a secure bond.
Note: Hinges applied too wet will cause the art to cockle, too dry and the paste will not form a strong bond. After a hinge has been pasted out, look at the pasted area in raking light - wet paste is shiny. When the pasted area appears dull, the hinge is ready to apply to the art.