Editing Wheatpaste (section)

{{Short description|Liquid adhesive made from vegetable starch and water}}

[[File:Wheat paste valencia.jpg|thumb|Poster combo in streets of El Barrio del Carmen in [[Valencia]], Spain]]

'''Wheatpaste''' (also known as '''flour and water paste''', '''flour paste''', or simply '''paste''') is a gel or [[liquid]] [[adhesive]] made from wheat flour or [[starch]] and water. It has been used since antiquity for various arts and crafts such as [[bookbinding]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Hannett|first=John |title=Bibliopegia: Or the Art of Bookbinding, in All Its Branches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6O0YcnwsR-MC&pg=PA184|year=2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-02144-9|orig-year=1836|page=184}}</ref> ''[[Decoupage|découpage]]'', [[collage]], [[papier-mâché]], and adhering [[paper]] [[poster]]s and notices to walls.