Can you dissolve wood with methanol? Is there an alternative?

-Can you dissolve wood with methanol? Is there an alternative?

-Need a pasty product for modeling (experiment)

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Spiderpig42
2 years ago

There are massive instructions for producing modelling mass. on YouTube. You can also buy spatula mass in the building market.

GrudgingOldMan
2 years ago

No, cellulose (component of the cell wall of plant cells) is not soluble in methanol.

Only a handful of solvents such as Swiss reagent or an NH3/Cu2+ solution can dissolve cellulose at all.

myotis
2 years ago

Why don’t you just take

  • Pappmaché
  • Knee
  • A mixture of wood grinding dust and glue?
myotis
2 years ago
Reply to  myotis

To the question: nö Holz does not dissolve in alcohol, would also be easy to test…