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Japanese Cement, or Rice Glue

- Mix rice flour with cold water, to a smooth paste, and boil it gently. It answers all the purposes of wheat flour paste, while it is far superior in point of transparency and smoothness. This composition, made with so small a proportion of water as to have it of the consistency of plastic clay, may be used to form models, busts, basso-relievos, and similar articles. When made of it, they are susceptible of a very high polish. Poland starch is a nice cement for pasting layers of paper together, or any fancy articles.

Cement for Alabaster. - Take of white beeswax one pound, of rosin a pound, and three quarters of a pound of alabaster. Melt the wax and rosin, then strew the alabaster over it lightly (which should be previously reduced to a fine powder). Stir the whole well together, then knead the mass in water, in order to incorporate the alabaster thoroughly with the rosin and wax. alabaster, when mended, should be perfectly dry, and heated. The cement, when applied, should also be heated. Join the broken pieces, bind them, and let them remain a week. This composition, when properly managed, forms an extremely strong cement.

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