Wheatpaste

Poster combo in streets of El Barrio del Carmen in Valencia, Spain

Wheatpaste (also known as flour and water paste, flour paste, or simply paste) is a gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or starch and water. It has been used since antiquity for various arts and crafts such as bookbinding,[1] découpage, collage, papier-mâché, and adhering paper posters and notices to walls.

  1. ^ Hannett, John (2010) [1836]. Bibliopegia: Or the Art of Bookbinding, in All Its Branches. Cambridge University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-108-02144-9.