Things You'll Need
Sauce pan
Range or hot plate
Bowl
Tapioca starch
Spoon
Tapioca starch is a raw material used in a variety of products, including in tapioca glue, a paste used in the creation of products such as plywood. Tapioca starch is commonly used to thicken a solution or food. The recipe for Tapioca glue is basic; it uses the addition of heat to turn it from a liquid into a paste.
Step 1
Pour water into the sauce pan and bring the water to a boil. You will require approximately twice as much boiling water as tapioca starch in your glue.
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Step 2
Combine equal parts tapioca starch and room temperature water in a bowl.
Step 3
Stir the mixture together until the starch and water form a smooth, even mixture. The mixture will be liquid, not gluelike, and slightly milky in color.
Step 4
Remove the boiling water from the stove and slowly pour the water into the bowl to avoid splashing. Do not pour the entire boiling pot in at once -- pour approximately one-quarter of the remaining contents of the pan each time you pour.
Step 5
Stir the contents of the bowl after each pouring. The boiling water will cause the paste to thicken as you stir.
Step 6
Continue adding a portion of the boiling water, then stirring, until your mixture has taken on a pastelike consistency.
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