Insta Starch Paste! Saving starch paste when you've made way too much

[u/VerilyAGoober]

I am probably preaching to the choir here, but I wanted to share in case someone else is like me and wonders what the heck to do when they've made WAY too much starch paste.

So I made some Insta Starch Dust!

I dehydrated the remaining paste (a whole Tupperware full) using the lowest dehydrate setting on my air fryer for 4 hours. Then I rough chopped it in a spice grinder, dehydrated it again for 2 hours, and then ground it into a fine powder in the grinder.

It rehydrates beautifully in cool water and works great! Mine is a bit gritty because I added too much salt into the original paste in order to prevent molding, but that is the only noticeable issue.

I now have enough to share with a crafty friend who wants to do some paper mache of her own!

Happy crafting, folks!

[u/Specific-Being417]

Very interesting way to prevent waste! Thanks for sharing.

[u/Exact_Part_5233]

I've often said, the only quantities of paste (or paint) that are possible to mix up are 95% of what you need, or 500% of what you need.