MB Herbals Acacia Gum Powder 227 Gram (8 oz / 1/2 lb) | Wildcrafted Acacia-Senegal Powder | Gum Arabic Powder | Plant Based Edible Gum Powder

After watching a video on YouTube and how to make your own Frownies, I purchased this and mix it 1:1 with water and boiled for a few minutes. I applied it to a manila envelope or butcher paper and let it dry. After dry, I added some water to it when I was ready to apply. It’s sticks much faster and - in my opinion- works much better than Frownies and is reusable as well. Easy, simple, better and much less expensive! Win, win!

Whether you are making your own incense, creating magical inks, or just looking for a unique and clean smelling scent, Arabic gum is wonderful to work with. Very high quality! This product was very well sealed to keep out moisture in a reusable zip style bag which will keep your product safe from contaminants and easy to store. A+!

Liked the product very much

Bad thing is that it's super clumpy in my drink, but a great cleanse for the body

I am using this for watercolor binder, and while it makes a nice paint binder it also turned a dark amber color which can impact lighter paint colors. The powder is pure white out of the bag, but once it gets wet it turns darker. I ended up buying another brand of gum arabic powder to get the light golden color I need for my watercolor binder. I will keep this one too and use it for darker shades and red toned colors.

Very good

I've been considering creating my own watercolors from scratch for a while, and then a free workshop came up this month where I can work through the process, so I ordered this bag, figuring it'll be enough to make plenty of binder for the workshop. I had all of the other ingredients on hand except for the glycerin. I've used half a cup of this powdered gum arabic and have about 1.5 cups of binder made, and still have enough to make another batch like this--which is going to last a while, considering you start with a 1:1 ratio of binder to pigment and usually only make about a tablespoon of paint at a time.I mixed up the binder two days ago, and the gum arabic dissolved beautifully when mixed into distilled water, breaking up all but small clumps, and left sit for 24 hours. Mixing in the glycerin, honey, and clove oil was a piece of cake after that. It looks and smells amazing, and should keep for a month or more in the fridge (and some artists claim 8 months or a year, but I expect to use this up before then).The workshop that spawned this order isn't until Monday morning, but I've tested the binder by mixing up three small batches of mica pigment and glitter to make fancy sparkly watercolors intended for calligraphy with a brush. It mixed well, and all 6 half-pans so far have dried without cracking.I'll definitely be ordering more when I manage to use up this batch!

I bought this to make watercolor binder. I didn't expect clear because that's simply not possible. Gum Arabic is supposed to turn a light clear yellowish brownish color. For some reason this gum Arabic turns dark coffee brown making it completely unusable and a complete waste of my time and money, both of which are important and limited for me as I'm disabled. So much for wanting to make my own paint as a distraction from all the bad.