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Comments about paste up

There are 100 comments about "paste up"

al: i use the recipe of flour, sugar and water and i paste over my posters every time and it comes up clear as. ive never needed to use shellac....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Mime: To everyone wondering "Will this work?" Try it on a test page and see what works and what doesn't. Experiment. Also, what about old tomato sauce bottles to store and transport the paste? Easy, fairly mess-free application. Improvise,......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

N.B.: i found that if you get a hard edged object and run it down your poster and squeez out all the wheatpaste extra gunk it makes it tightly pressed and then spray a clear coat......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

DonDon: kudos! wish i could paste that big...

in response to: Honest Obe by p.alfred

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

keprecon: Ok, so i've got this fairly large sized piece, all hand drawn with all sorts of markers, pencils, and pens. Is there a household item I can use to seal the sucker up to keep......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

xarconika: Interesting to read about appearing non-suspicious; I live in Detroit and you want to look as shady as humanly possible when you're doing that stuff, because you become a target for criminals if you look......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

caz: Wheat paste is environmentally friendly, spray adhesive is not. Using products that harm the environment defeats the purpose. Its not necessary anyway. Wheat paste is very effective....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

anon (c122-108-152-239.sunsh1.vic.optusnet.com.au): Wheat paste is environmentally friendly, spray adhesive is not. Using products that harm the environment defeats the purpose. Its not necessary anyway. Wheat paste is very effective....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

benjamin : has anyone tried the spray adhesive you can buy at wal-mart and stores like that, how does it hold up in comparison to wheat paste? i know wheat paste can last years. ...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

santoro: also ive kept wheatpaste non refrigiated in a jolt can for far over a week probly over 2 yea it will start to smell but who cares u get a bad smell for 3 seconds......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

santoro: for those of you concerned about your ink running just photo copy your origional and paste the copies yea you can only do them the size of a piece of paper but thats all you......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

mat: im making my own wheatpastes, not with stencils or anything but drawing them up with sharpies and paint pens, im wondering if i could use like charcoals or if theyd' just smudge does anyone know......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

chiamattt: According to a very close Korean friend of mine, the Korean above is really clumsy and doesn't really make sense (she initially thought they were similar to slogans die-hard protesters used but then thought differently).......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: The picture is OF San Francisco. After all, what cities besides San Francisco would stencil "San Francisco Public works" on their wooden barriers? The pastel colours and what looks like the telltale stair-like outline of slightly......

in response to: Where in the World is Jack? by jack

Kristin: That was actually a paste up, i live in winnipeg and used to pass it every day on my way to work. it is gone now... Hakkim optical bought the building out...

in response to: Discount Everything by rgalston

ONELOVE: werd werd.... helps alot brothas! A homie is pasteing for RZST clothing.. Works like a charm www.canyourzst.com The steezzz gear!! Your info held it down=)...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Rudy: FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE - March 18, 2008: As of April 14, 2008, large trucks with more than two axles will no longer be allowed to travel through the Washburn Tunnel. Lately, large trucks often scrape......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Peter: heh, i like the {paste-up} of the guy spraying the {stencil}......

in response to: Cream by Elicar

Bose: the only trouble i am having is making the prints larger. how do you print the large poster that can be pasted together to make even larger posters? i have seen the large sheets......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

BelievelandBikes: Nice piece... If you're the writer, it would be nice to see a series of your walls across the city. It might help us get a sense of your style in general rather than......

in response to: Duplo Graffiti by duplo one

dookieroll: Yea birds man theyr cool its all about the pasterssssss shtis tizzight reall dizzzle weezle ya herd ands wehns I sees that birds I'm likes yes shits real nice so nice I could......

in response to: Pet Bird Paste-ups by Peter

mousey-squeakity: OLA! ve been reading this site for ages and now my eyes have truly gone square (or is that just with TV?) any who! i am really eager to get into stickering more so graff but that......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

wholegrain: These are good FREE sites for creating poster sized images. Just upload your image and let it crank. You'll be rewarded with a multi page PDF file. Trim and paste - or DON'T trim for a mosaic effect. http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/ http://www.blockposters.com/ For......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Listen up: Don't use this recipe. Use the one where you bring the flour/water mixture to a boil. It lasts about a week refrigerated in an airtight container but its fast to make so don't worry about......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

ATAC: etch is the shit, its all about ups and how long you have them rocking for othe fuckers to see. etch is just another way of getting up. just like stencils, wheat paste, and posters...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

galen: hey just curious, if you used something like rasterbater, what do you use to connect all the seperate papers together to make the one giant one to wheat paste?? thanks...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

EvilGentleman: The pasteups are now gone, but they were in one of the alleys in the Club Metropolis/Foufounes Electriques area, NE of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Laurent. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=45.511246,-73.562981&spn=0.001823,0.003616&z=18]]...

in response to: Obey by EvilGentleman

JimQV: Jaybar, below is a paste of a two sentence news story from todays New York Post (online edition), "Police Blotter" column. You can decide how safe it makes you feel about Bushwick: Brooklyn A man in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Awesome. The Katch piece really captivates me. I have never seen such depth from pastel earth tones before....

in response to: Hawaii Graffiti, Part II by dubside

Guy McLaren: Dunno just makes me feel better, most of the thieving basket cases wouldn't know how to crop if Photoshop slapped them upside the head. The nett result is that if they use something the point......

in response to: Sunset by Guy McLaren

EvilGentleman: I have to laugh when I think about this one, Guy. No matter which way I view this piece, I keep saying "Yeah, but..." in my head. I don't know if they ever used the American......

in response to: Sunset by Guy McLaren

devin: hey, I recently got into putting up posters around my town, and I've been using spray adhesive to stick them up, and I've been interested in trying the wheat paste instead of my spray. any......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

indykid: Thanks! What I meant by 'badly made' was they were kinda shot to be panoramas, but not with a huge amount of effort made to ensure the parts would all match perfectly! I also deliberately......

in response to: La Panoramas De Paris by indykid

RobotW/Roots: whats bank paper exactly? i never heard of that. i just been using butcher paper. the only problem is that it has a wax backside and that makes it harder to make it stick. any suggestions......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Instorenow: I use bank paper, its thin and light so i paste two against eachother. It easy to distribute....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

RobotW/Roots: i been interested in street art of all kinds for a while now and ive experimented with most. i just started pasting and ive found a good mixture for the paste, but im wondering what......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

A29ER: make sure u make a certain amount of wheat paste. Wheat paste will smell after a while if kept in a bucket with a lid on.make sure that doesnt happen. if you make wheat paste......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Muffin Man: Ok..well I been interested in this art form for a while. And I think its time I get around to getting something out there. I got my design, pretty simple for now. ......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

wobbs: havent seen it for some time ( the one on the M6 ) then saw it today whilst driving through widnes The way people are driving these days I may knock one up and paste it......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

phoesing: Tonight I just heard on NPR that an Architect has donated his time free to help with the project. Oh and here is the location on Google Earth... 40°23'39.16"N 3°29'17.90"W cut and paste these......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

jamie: there's often a fine line between sticker and paste-up. stickers though, i love stickers. i wish i had time to sticker more (heh... at all) never mind. nice photos though....

in response to: For A Few Stickers More by aer suzuki

elaine: heh, yeah, except without all the scissor and paste work!...

in response to: Transparency and Reflection by elaine

boozebuzz: dude i wanna learn how to make and apply paste ups. would sum1 please tell me how 2 do it!!! im only 15 n rite into graffin n art n stuff n i really want to......

in response to: TLP Freehand/Paste-Ups by Jamie

aer suzuki: here's the follow-up : the bat does say "heck twm", and this is one of the paste-ups i mentioned above... [[img:16188]] {heck} ...

in response to: The Other Side of Stop by aer suzuki

aer suzuki: as far as i can tell it says "heck - twm". i'll go up and look closer next time i pass it, if i think of it. it might be related to a series of......

in response to: The Other Side of Stop by aer suzuki

aer suzuki: it's this kind of post that should kill any trace of short attention span syndrome a person might have...that first bit of poetry is such a well crafted arrangement of words. that photo of the turtle......

in response to: Travelogue by ea

Sirhcbre: Where did you find those pasteups EG? I'd like to go see them....

in response to: Andre Has a Posse by CE

madeyoulook: i was wondering if regular startch would work for wheatpaste? or elmers glue in water just like you paper mache. so if anyone could answer that i would greatly appreciate it. ...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

zagg: *sigh* it may have been easier to just copy paste the whole damn article.... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_March]]...

in response to: Toronto Pride: the Importance of Attending Church by zagg

joey: a good friend of mine was a {wheat paste} poster worker for a couple of years. his 'beat' was the streets of san francisco. he and his partner made pretty good money while it lasted....

in response to: Where Posters Come to Die by ksedge

joey: they should have used {wheatpaste}...

in response to: Where Posters Come to Die by ksedge

ryan: I am a graduate student writing my master's thesis on wheatpasting. I am looking to interview individuals who wheatpaste either via email or in person. Please contact me if you are interested in discussing your......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Mad Paster: shyt, I used all types of other stuff, but know I know the deal...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

aer suzuki: Gah. Forgot to bracket the links. Copy and paste time I guess, sorry....

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

kill: how does the paste take to dry?...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

grant p: it's either a paste-up or a mock of a paste up... it's very similar in style to a peculiar campaign around town involving pictures of Burton Cummings of the Guess Who with the text "Stand Tall"......

in response to: Discount Everything by rgalston

jamie: lmao. i think i must have been drunk when i posted this, and when i say posted i mean cut and pasted from god knows where, and for god knows why. But look at all......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Peter: yeah, i thought it was a fancy stencil/pasteup at first. nice find....

in response to: Discount Everything by rgalston

colavitos ghost: wow! i can hardly believe that's an actual advertisement. looks much more like a graffiti paste-up to me...very shepherd fairey. either way, pretty awesome!...

in response to: Discount Everything by rgalston

Jamie: ##as if "someone took the same mile of scenery- pasture, irrigation ditch, farm, endless miles of cornfields- copied it, and pasted it 5,000 times between the northeast and the west coast".## kinda like a scooby-doo chase......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Peter: jamie: youre pretty much right. not all are as creepy as they appear in some of these sorts of photos, but theyre definitely desolate and full of tons of nothingness. when i drove from {nyc}......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

mobie: **sum loser:** that {6poppin} {paste-up} is/was down the side of woolworths, opposite the entrance to the churchyard....

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

t@ngent: have you seen the {6poppin} paste-ups?...

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

I.T.U.C.: [[img:12734]] Please download and stick / paste, anywhere an auto has expired due to the actions of another Petrolhead… ...

in response to: Bus Vs Suv by barry

EvilGentleman: Actually, I just looked up the definitions on Answers.com and cut-and-pasted the phonetics. But nice idea, using the character map. Time-consuming, but nice......

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

Peter: its all about "character map"... start-button -> programs -> accessories -> system-tools -> character-map... voila! all the characters you could ever want, right at your copy-n-paste fingertips ;)...

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

Grange: It says , "Regency Landing " which suggests its on the water , and unloads trade from around the world . Yippies , they have to have somewhere to live , and play. With pastel......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

EVA_unit_01: my choice of paper is butcher's paper they sell them in big rolls, they're cheap, and take to paste really well. but the bitch is cutting them to size...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

tangent: these photos are of the highest quality, and i'm especially interested by undergrowth-face and pulling-faces-girl. The old Department of Employment building looks folorn, i love decrepit and abandoned institutuional building like this. they are seedy......

in response to: Leaving Manchester by Myke

jeeff: more to the point, your post that i deleted twice was cut & pasted from another site. your photos were also taken from other sites. we want ##original work##, or at very least......

in response to: Dead Duck by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

ehsohz: Thx to all all those who posted recepies! Im a stenciler and was curious about putting up huge pieces and wheat paste or variations there off was a mystery to me......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

anon (207.255.243.253): way cool. I especially like the clear paste, it looks great. ...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

CHORO: Peter Caine - The boy with the boxing gloves jumping in the puddle has been there for almost a year now, it is a self portrait. It is a good coninsidence that your green wall......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Rob: Thanks Rick for your mini review and google search and paste for the words “buddy bike.” But as the owner of the above bike, let me clear a few things up: Regarding the bike pictured: It is......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

E. Lagasse: 2 ducks 2 whole oranges 1 c. orange marmalade 1/2 c. vinegar 3 tbsp. cornstarch 2 c. duck bouillon Remove all fat from duck including small glands at base of neck. Wash inside and out. Place neck, gizzard and heart in......

in response to: Ducks in the Pool! by BJB

jimbop: wheatepaste rules ...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

denvervicer: yeah that wheatpaste works ok but if you realy want your stuff to stay up try using wall paper paste (and you can add a little wood glue if you want it to be water......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

colavito's ghost: Peter, just curious if you'd be willing to tell us what your punishment your "acquaintance" received for his/her heroism. Last year I got nabbed by an undercover graffiti cop for putting up paste-ups on the lower......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Myke: Yeah, I've seen a few Obey Giant stickers in Manchester, UK. Nothing as grand as a paste-up though. ...

in response to: Obey by EvilGentleman

bug: just wondering if wheatpaste would stick to plastic....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

elaine: all you need is some pastey faced young men to pose in the foreground......

in response to: Industrial Wasteland by stinkyben

Micah: oops tried to post a link but it didn't seem to work. If you really want to see it you'll have to copy-paste this: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders]] ##(Ed. - enclose a url with double square brackets to make......

in response to: Freedom of Speech! by Elicar

ian: There's a fantastic paste-up on the light box at the Richmond/Montrose (or maybe Alabama) intersection. I would have got it if I'd had my camera today....

in response to: Stars & Peace Forever by groovehouse

fray: someone asked about big pasties, these are done with a few pieces of paper, you buy a roll of thin paper, usually about 1m thick and fucking long, and line the sheets up. most large......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

ian: It looks pasted because you used the magic wand to select the sky with a low theshold that left halos around the buildings :)...

in response to: Corporate Structures... by joey

domino: the thinner the paper the better, it absorbs the paste and sticks on real good. at kinkos you can print out large copies and magnify your drawings....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

43: that fake, joey? looks pasted......

in response to: Corporate Structures... by joey

ketchup-wrappers, not hamburger patties.. c'mon! : my friend was pulling out of the mcdonalds drive-thru, and he stopped his terribly maintained rusting hulk of blue-smoke pollution belching, heating-oil fueled, catalytic-converterless '92 oldsmobile, to open up each one of the individual ketchup......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Galaxy: Mad props to her for returning the litter to it's rightful owner and mad props to those people who intervened. If id'a seen her drop his garbage back in his car I woulda laughed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Kon: Oh, and I forgot to ask, how does wheat paste hold up over time? Can I make a big batch and use it over a month, or do you have to use it soon?...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

buttons: There is a cooked clear weat paste but some one whould have to search for it ...

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Jamie: i'm liking the pastel shades of late a lot...

in response to: Dec 19 2005 by hool

violet913: There seem to be a lot of paste ups around Roosevelt, there is an art walk over there once a month and checking out all of the new graffiti is one of the best parts.......

in response to: Phoenix Does Exist by violet913

Peter: cool {paste-ups}! i love the "1022" one, also, for some reason. ...

in response to: Phoenix Does Exist by violet913

Peter: wintery pastels!...

in response to: Dec 05 2005 Toronto by hool

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