Agar Ag12 (4.5mm Film, with Plasticizer)

Ingredients:

• Water (75 mL)

• Agar agar powder (3 g)

• Glycerol (4.4 g)

Procedure:

• Mix all the ingredients into a pan or pot

• Heat up all the ingredients to 85-90 C on the stove

• Mix thoroughly

• Lower heat if bubbles are forming on the bottom of the pan

• Take off heat after about 4 minutes of stirring or until the agar is fully dissolved (the solution is at least 85 C and thicker than when started)

• Let dry for a few days on silicone or something similar. I used an 11.5 X 16.5 cm silicone mat. When poured onto my mat, it naturally reached all four corners and was about 4.5mm thick.

• Done!

Properties:

• Before drying: very viscous and brown

• After drying: a thicker film that's super strong!

Notes:

• Final thickness: 0.5mm (it shrunk about 9 times in thickness!)

• Varied casting thickness

• It's really hard to measure the casting thickness, so I'm going to note it could have been between 3.5-5mm.

• Super strong

• Translucent

• Flexible

• Best film yet!

• Oh my goodness this takes forever to dry!