Activa FastMâché Fast Drying Paper Mâché, 6lb, Sculpting Compound

I love this stuff. I probably should make it from scratch, but this just makes life so much more easy. It’s easy to use easy to make easy to dry easy to paint. It’s just really good quality stuff. I’ll probably eventually make my own because it’ll be a lot cheaper, but the convenience of buying it premade is just too much to give up. This is the sixth box I ordered. each year I do giant papier-mâché Easter decorations for when my granddaughters come this year I did Mr. Bunny last year. It was giant eggs and I knew I was a success when my five-year-old granddaughter walked off with two giant eggs that were as big as she was.

This Activa FastMâché is incredibly easy to use and saves you so much time and effort compared to making paper mache from scratch. You just need to add water — that’s it! The consistency is perfect, it’s smooth, and super easy to work with. No mess, no complicated steps. I used one single 6lb bag to build the entire table you see in the picture (made over a cardboard base). After it dried, it turned a nice clean white color, became very hard and strong. I’m honestly impressed with how sturdy it is. The amount you get for the price is excellent — I built a full table and still had plenty left over. If you’re into crafting, making sculptures, props, or even furniture with paper mache, this is a fantastic product. Highly recommend!

This stuff is terrific! Easy to use and dries quickly unless you use it thick. The material goes a long way.

I usually make my own paper Mache' clay, but I am working on a project that consists of 30 individual pieces. I wanted a shortcut and thought that the fast dry Activa would work for the base. I have to be honest and say that I am not experienced working with Activa insta paper mache', so I found it to mix up quite lumpy which made it hard to smooth. This could be my inexperience. It did dry overnight, and was lightweight. I just did not like the lumps that would not smooth out.

Love this FastMache! Easy to work with and produced a great result!

I've been using this stuff for years for my model railroad scenery, although I've always referred to it as cell-u-clay. After applying a hard-shell base (brown paper towels dipped in hydrocal plaster), I then put plaster castings of rocks (created from my own latex rubber molds) installed either in place, or "glued" on with the Activa Papier Mache (i.e. clay). The version I had used in previous years was a light gray, and apparently it not available any more. So I was a little bum that it is bright white which requires a bit more work to blend in. However, I made up a batch in which I added some dry pigment to which works pretty well. By mixing various tints (sienna, yellow, umbers, etc.) you can come up with clay in earth tones. What I love about this clay is the working time, how it adheres to my scenery base and flexibility. You can smooth out (I like to use artist palette tools) to make it look like a highway road, or carve it to look like rocks. Applying to my scenery base and between the plaster rock castings, I can carve and smooth to blend it. After it dries, I then apply acrylic paint washes to stain, followed by diluted India black ink dribbled onto the rocks with an eye dropper. Clean up is easy, and this stuff is non-toxic. One hint I discovered years ago is to mix warm water into the dry paper mache to consistency needed. The warm water mixes into it easier than cold water.

I use paper mache to make forms to make patters from. This paper mache hold it's shape well but wasn't fast drying. It is easy to mix and I didn't have any problems with large clums. Drying was my biggest issue. It took several days for it to completely dry sometimes.

This is not as I expected! I’ve worked with paper Mache & this stuff was not good! The paper left chunks of white & little white dots after it was all mixed. I even used a blender! Not at all worth the money.

Usingawesome it to make mountains, going to enjoy using this product

Tres satisfaite

I expected bigger package for 6lb but it's fine, so far so good quality, need more time to see what happens