Make Your Cardboard Super Strong! (10 DIY Tips You Wish You Knew)

Learn 10 Easy Tips To Make Your Cardboard Projects Nearly INDESTRUCTIBLE!

Cardboard is a great material for creating models and sculptures, but many people don't know how to make their cardboard strong enough to stand up to regular use. In this video, we're going to show you 10 easy tips that will help you make your cardboard creations super strong and durable! From making your cardboard extra durable to adding extra strength to your models, these tips will help you create cardboard creations that will last longer and look better than ever!

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📕Show Notes📕

1️⃣ (VIDEO) Watch The Full Version Of This Video For More In-Depth Tips:

2️⃣ (VIDEO) How to Make Cardboard Crafts HARD and STRONG After They are Finished:

3️⃣ (VIDEO) How to Make a Super Strong CARDBOARD SHIELD with CLEAR Windows:

4️⃣ (VIDEO) 5 Biggest MISTAKES People Make When Creating With Cardboard:

⬇⏰⏰VIDEO CHAPTERS⏰⏰⬇
0:00 - The Goal
0:16 - Wood Renforcments
0:51 - Pins
1:38 - Hot Glue Fraying Edges
2:21 - Extra Beads of Hot Glue
3:08 - Fold The Cardboard
3:37 - Layer The Cardboard
4:27 - Grain Orientation
6:01 - Cardboard Ribs
6:29 - Use Other Materials (Build Around Something)
7:10 - Coat Your Cardboard
8:10 - BONUS TIPS!

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
💡❓ How Do You Make Your Cardboard Projects Stronger? ❓💡
- I read and reply to every comment so I would love to hear your answer in the comments below!

📜 About the Video:
In this video, Elli teaches 10 methods for making your cardboard much stronger with simple DIY hacks. You will lean how to enforce your cardboard with everything form proper gluing techniques to grain orientation, to applying special coatings to the cardboard. Weather you are just a beginner or a seasoned crafter, this video contains vital tips that you will wish you know sooner.

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💻 About Maker Brain:
My name is Eli Tennant and on this channel, you will receive weekly DIY project tutorials as well as maker tips and tools videos. You will also get the "Maker Brain Show" where I go Live every Sunday to help you on your journey of creativity. Whether you are just starting to make your ideas or have been at it a while, Maker Brain has got content to help take you to the next level!
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🏆 Mission:
Maker Brain's mission is to help you access and implement your God-given creativity by sharing cardboard crafting tips, tricks, and tutorials so that you can make your best DIY projects at home.

Thanks for watching and God bless you!
- Eli Tennant

[agrimonyscrafts]

Young man I am in my 70's and have watched many, many young people do videos and they either talk to fast or I cannot understand them at all. I want you to know I love your videos. You explain everything very well and clear. Keep up the great work. I also subscribed. God Bless !!

[hairwegomobilesalon]

Two tips I have recently discovered in my crafting/DIY adventures, are
1. If you lay down super glue (liquid not gel) and then immediately sprinkle a generous amount of baking soda over the wet superglue it will almost instantly harden into an instant cement that can then be filed and sanded to make your perfect shape or to smooth out rough spots. I also painted over it will my nail polish afterwards, and though I have never tested it, I think you could probably cover it with almost any paint.
2. Rubber erasers do not stick to hot glue! So you can use a rectangular white eraser, to smooth out your hot glue as it’s drying, and it will not stick, or burn your fingers. Added advantage to that is a perfectly smooth straight tool to flatten with. Happy crafting!
-Kyra

[pswagner]

My cardboard projects are always finished with paper mâché. If you mix equal parts water and flour then add equivalent amount of mod podge and stir, this applied to paper or cloth and then to the cardboard will dry and be extremely strong, especially if it cures for a couple or weeks or longer.

[ASUSfreak]

1) Take 2 pieces of single corrugation cardboard. Lay piece 1 on the table with the corrugation up/down and glue piece 2 on it with the corrugation left/right (so a 90 degree rotation) --> strong duoble corrugated piece.
2) Use kebab scewers (thicker than toothpick) and smear them with hot glue or PVA glue and then insert them into the corrugation holes.
3) Coat the whole cardboard with a mixture of water and PVA glue (the water will soften the cardboard letting the glue soak into it) --> if it warps after it dried, do the same but on the other side.
Greetings from Belgium (Dutch speaking...)

[JillRhoads]

When he mentioned using pins in cardboard, you could use bamboo meat skewers as reinforcement pins. They are usally sold in counts of 100 and cost next to nothing. If it is too small you can tape two together to make it stick better.

[ADHlexia]

Great editing, great presentation, I would say save up for a better camera for higher quality content 👍🏼

[judithbrown-foster]

I'm just starting out and use masking tape and wood glue so far. Thanks for these tips. Want to understand the 'cutting against or with the grain ' thing more.

[HalloweenFreak]

Your the King of cardboard 😊 i dig it. Im working on cardboard dioramas. Your video's really help. Ty 🤟😎

[Legendary_Editz_]

Bro you put videos on your channel that I always need and I finally find you 👍👍

[claramaldonado]

Your information is good to know.🎉 thank you for sharing.

[yamiyami]

It may dry slower but I use tacky glue. It gives you more control because it dries slower giving you more time to pit it were yoy want itband looks smoother also is non toxic

[Alex-Learns-Spanish]

Great video! great explanation about triangles that helped me understand better.

[PastRevivalist]

I pile them in layers, then sew through them to keep them intact, drench them on Resin and let them dry.

[utubepunk]

Enjoying your videos. I'm doing some research on a build I'm working on... have you done any videos on cardboard hinges? 🤔

[crocky]

I just watched like 40 of your videos and shorts after googling "cheap supplies for prototyping".

Can you make a video to tell us about yourself? Like how did you grow up and what do you think got you so interested in prototyping and designing.

I think you should go work at IDEO. Look up David and Tom Kelley on youtube. And listen to their book "creative confidence".

[bdanyluk]

MOD PODGE IS BETTER...dries clear and is harder than wood glue

[oneeyedphotographer]

Look at plywood and LVL.

Layers of plywood are laid at 90 degrees for strength.

in LVL layers are parallel for longitudinal strength. t's used in construction, and you can get long spans. I think you can get I-beam lengths too.


I think layers at 120 degrees would work too.

If your lengths of cardboard are too short, overlap as in brickwork.