Ethyl Cellulose

[leung_wwy]

I've seen ethyl cellulose being sold as archival glue. Does anyone know how it is different from methyl cellulose (besides the extra carbon atom), especially usage wise?

[Metangas]

According to Wikipedia Ethyl cellulose is a water-insoluble coating agent. So, if wikipedia is correct on this one, it should be rather horrible for paperfolding. Well, wet-folding at least.
But do bear in mind I'm relying on wikipedia for this info, as it might be utterly wrong.

[cjbnc]

A little more info from this google book: http://goo.gl/gjdc1

Ethyl cellulose is indeed insoluble in water. It's most commonly used as a hot-melt adhesive or dissolved in some other solvent.

Given that, I agree it wouldn't be very useful in origami.

[tikitiki]

If it was thinned out it could possibly be used to waterproof a model and make it more durable. I'd experiment first though