Homemade Bioplastic: potato vs. corn starch recipe
Potato and corn starch recipe for DIY bioplastic at home:
00:00 intro
00:09 ingredients
00:14 utensils
00:21 mixing
01:11 cooking
01:45 pouring
02:02 drying
02:13 unmould
02:46 quantities & dimensions
02:57 handling
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Q.: What is the effect of vinegar?
A.: The reasoning is you need an acid to break amylopectin into amylose (see video ) but in this video (see video ) I reproduced the recipe without vinegar and it still works, so I don’t really know.
Q.: Where should I place to dry?
A.: You can leave to dry at open air inside your house, or put it in the sun if that’s an option.
Q.: Can I use the oven to make it dry faster?
A.: See the video for details on oven drying.
Q.: My bioplastic doesn’t look like the one on the video, what should I change?
A.: Take a look at these samples and see if you ha
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Homemade Bioplastic: potato vs. corn starch recipe