Starch paper - yes boating/fishing related

[NQCairns]

Does anyone know where I can purchase some sheets of this? There is also noodle shaped packing made of the same stuff I believe.
I think it's rice or potato starch made into sheets, upon touching water it dissolves completly.
Thanks nq

[nonibbles]

Oops,... Err, read below.

[nonibbles]

I think shipton trading has something like that (PVA dissolving bags also mesh and line - its in the classic products list) which they promote for berleying. Their web address is shiptontrading.com.au or something very similar.

[SCOTTYGC]

you should be able to get rice paper from any asian grocery store

scotty

[NQCairns]

Nonibbles great idea, I didn't know there was such a product will look into it, thanks again.

Scotty thanks for that, does rice paper dissolve on contact with water?
nq

[flattymattyb]

HI NQ,

Just curious, what are you planning on doing with it.

Cheers
Matty

[NQCairns]

Building a boat for my mother in law

I will be useing it to create drainage lines between the hull and 2pak foam in my project boat, if I can find something that works.nq

[dazza]

nq,
an ideas man
would styrofoam and some sort of solvent work? if you can't get hols of rice paper
cheers
dazza

[NQCairns]

Dazza the idea is second hand, wish I could take credit for it it is a damn smart idea!
If I have no luck with starch paper or long length noodles of starch packing, I may use a thick wafer type cardboard about 8mm wide and hot glued to the floor, it should allow water to migrate downslope, it will decompose over time I would guess- probably clog my bilge pump . Just have to test to make sure it doesn't saturate with the foam pour.

Nonibbles idea is good also I could glue down a latice of these PVA mesh bags, looking forward to checking them out in person.

I guess styrofoam would work, I will think about the solvent side of that idea some more.

cheers, nq

[Dug]

Styrofoam and petrol would be easier and more stable.

I can get the cornstarch packaging foam but just in the little nuts they melt like crazy if you look at them.

[nisrol]

Hmmmmmmm sounds like somebody is trying for rice paper wraped sushi before there even caught ?, ???
might have a market for them over in japan interesting idea thou NQ might look into it myself ROFLMAO .

[SCOTTYGC]

i have asked the chef at work about the rice paper he tells me that when it is soaked in water it becomes useable /flexible but dose not breakdown
im sure it would break down eventuly

scotty

[Dignity]

Idea is good though I don't think the polystyrene idea will work properly as I suspect the 2 pack you will be using will also dissolve the polystyrene in the process.

By the way I think the technical term for the process is called Investment Casting ( although my memory is suffering of late) ie use of a disposable material like using wax moulds in plaster castings which are then heated to remove the wax and leave complex voids.


Sam