JPH0411276A - Artificial clay - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the artificial clay which can be easily produced by using starch as an essential component and adding binders, cleansing cream and edible vegetable oil thereto. CONSTITUTION:The starch, the binders, the cleansing cream, the readily available food materials, such as edible vegetable oil, cosmetics, joining materials, etc., are used as the materials. The artificial clay more than equal to known clay in terms of moldability and shape retention is obtd. by adding the binders to the starch which is the essential component. The product is smoothed by the addition of the cleansing cream thereto. The increase in the amt. of the cleansing cream to be added is averted by the addition of the edible vegetable oil. The artificial clay is easily produced in this way.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to artificial clay used for modeling.

Prior Art and Problems Various types of clay are known, including naturally occurring clay and artificial clay, and are used as teaching materials by infants, children, and other children.

These clays have excellent advantages in terms of formability and shape retention, but the former has the problem of not saving resources, and the latter has difficulties in terms of raw material procurement and manufacturing technology. Each of them has the problem that it cannot be easily manufactured.

The present invention solves these problems and the starch is produced abundantly.
This was done in view of the fact that it could be obtained at a low price.
The aim is to provide easy-to-manufacture artificial clay made from foodstuffs, cosmetics, bonding materials, etc. used in daily life.

Means for Solving the Problems The means taken by the present invention to achieve the above object is that starch is the main ingredient, and a binder, cleansing cream, and edible vegetable oil are added thereto.

Effects and Effects As mentioned above, the present invention uses readily available ingredients such as starch, binders, cleansing creams, and edible vegetable oils, cosmetics, bonding materials, etc., so it can be easily manufactured, and the main ingredient is starch. By adding a binder to the clay, it has no inferiority to well-known clays in terms of formability and shape retention, the addition of cleansing cream makes the product smooth, and the addition of edible vegetable oil makes the product smoother. It is not necessary to use a large amount, and as a result, the odor emitted by cleansing cream added in a large amount can be weakened, and the cleansing cream can complement the function of imparting smoothness.

Example The materials used and manufacturing method will be explained in order.

Materials used and amount Starch Approximately 8Hg Binder (commercially available synthetic resin white bonding material for woodworking)
Approximately 1.0Hg cleansing cream (commercially available white cleansing cream)
Approximately 60g edible vegetable oil (commercially available edible vegetable oil)
1st step of small quantity manufacturing method: Heat the binder at a low temperature for about 45 minutes until it weighs about 900g.

2nd step Starch is added to the heated binder and mixed by stirring.

Third step: Add cleansing cream and edible vegetable oil, and mix thoroughly.

Fourth step: Cool at room temperature to obtain a white product.

Experimental example A commercially available synthetic resin-based white bonding material for woodworking (product name:
Place the binder in a frying pan, pot, or other cooking pot and heat it over low heat for about 45 minutes until the weight is reduced to about 900g. While the binder is still hot, add the starch and stir to mix. Add the cleansing cream to it. Add edible vegetable oil and mix thoroughly. It is preferable to add a large amount of cleansing cream to the product to give it smoothness and for preservative purposes, but if it is added in a large amount, the odor inherent in the cream will become strong, so the odor should be kept to a level where it is almost imperceptible. We reduced the amount of cleansing cream used and added a small amount of commercially available edible vegetable oil (e.g. salad oil) for the purpose of weakening the cleansing cream and supplementing the cleansing cream's function (imparting smoothness). No odor was detected, and smoothness and antiseptic properties were exhibited.

At the beginning of the experiment, various commercially available adhesives or synthetic resins (such as vinyl acetate resin) were added to starch, but there were problems with strong odor, brittleness, formability, and shape retention. I tried mixing edible flours (for example, Joshin flour), but it was too brittle and I couldn't go beyond making a prototype.

Therefore, when we replaced the adhesive with a commercially available synthetic resin adhesive, we discovered that an adhesive with a strong odor was unsuitable. Although the problems of brittleness, shape retention, and formability were solved by using the bond, it was found that the feel was not good. In order to solve this problem, we tried adding various cream cosmetics and found that the cleansing cream has an excellent texture and exhibits antiseptic properties. However, cleansing creams have a unique odor, so if too much was added, the odor would be too strong.We reduced the amount added and added various edible oils as substitute ingredients to make a prototype. It has been found that by adding edible vegetable oil (commercially available salad oil), the odor of the cleansing cream can be almost eliminated, and the texture is improved and the cream becomes silky smooth. Experiments have shown that a small amount of edible vegetable oil is sufficient.

The product thus obtained is pure white, has sufficient strength and smoothness in the dry state after modeling, and can be colored with oil paint.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Artificial clay characterized by adding a binder in the same amount to the main starch, and small amounts of cleansing cream and edible vegetable oil.