Methyl Cellulose in the UK (or lack thereof...)

JamesMunro · Post by **JamesMunro** » May 25th, 2010, 1:32 pm

I've seen a previous post with information on a couple of internet based sources for MC but unfortunately both of these use international air freighting for overseas delivery which comes with a hefty price tag ($10-20 for a 1lb container of MC itself and then a further ~$100 shipping) which is, frankly, ridiculous.

Has anyone had any luck sourcing this in the UK at a reasonable cost?

EuanBingham · Post by **EuanBingham** » May 25th, 2010, 6:31 pm

I got quite a lot off ebay, there's a nice art store in Glasgow on Queen street that sells it too. Most decent art stores should sell it.

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » May 25th, 2010, 7:02 pm

Hey, I live in England too (are you a member of the BOS?)

Methyl Cellulose is the main ingredient in wallpaper paste (not glue!)

So you should be able to find some in most hardware stores (I personally get mine from the pound store!)

Hope this helps!

FrumiousBandersnatch · Post by **FrumiousBandersnatch** » May 25th, 2010, 8:21 pm

hehe, "pound" store...I'm so used to the Americal colloquial "dollar" store...

JamesMunro · Post by **JamesMunro** » June 11th, 2010, 9:02 am

Thanks everyone, I've yet to try wallpaper paste as I'm always dubious of a product that doesn't list it's ingredients. Every wallpaper paste I've found so far (admittedly I've only tried B&Q) doesn't seem to list this information on any of the products it stocks.

I've tried a few art stores to see if any of them stock it but again, no joy.

On the plus side I did find the following site which stocks a variant caled Carboxymethylcellulose which might be of interest to some, they also have a range of mulberry papers and lots of papermaking equipment in case anyone wants to take a stab at rivalling Michael LaFosse.

10g:
http://www.papershed.com/ProductDetail. ... FromPage=5

100g:
http://www.papershed.com/ProductDetail. ... FromPage=5

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » June 11th, 2010, 4:27 pm

Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) is similar to MC. I have heard of some people using it, but I am honestly not sure what the difference between the 2 is!

FrumiousBandersnatch · June 11th, 2010, 5:05 pm

If you're willing to search through the pages of the thread on MC, I think someone in there mentions the difference at some point.

JamesMunro · Post by **JamesMunro** » November 18th, 2010, 11:57 am

I recently stumbled across this whilst looking at the differences in various wallpaper pastes at B&Q.

http://www.auro.co.uk/content/view/53/36/