What type of adhesive does one use to "glue" 1 inch pink foam to plywood? I would like a strong bond, but of coourse, nothing that can attack the foam. Thanks.
Mike
Use PL300 to attach your slabs of foam together.
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Most craft stores sell foam glue for floral arrangers to use.
Also, bamboo skewers from the grocery store, $1 for 100, not only hold foam together temporarily while you assemble, assess, disassemble, carve further, etc., they will also hold it "permanently" if you cover it with plaster cloth.
Somewhat OT, large pieces of packing foam used for electronics will flesh out large scale terrain features for free, saving expensive sheet foam for where it's really needed. The packing styrofoam is the white bead type, very messy for carving, but as the core of a hill or mountain, it does the same job, without needing cut.
Mike,
DAP makes ALEX PLUS® Acrylic Latex Caulk Plus Silicone that you can pick up at your local home center or hardward store for ~$2/tube.
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I've used it to attach the roadbed to the foam base of my layout and it works great. Cleans up in water, too.
Hope that helps...
Tom
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Cheap latex caulking.
..... Bob
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PL300.It is meant for foam. Some "regular " PL WILL attack the foam.
Terry
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m sharp wrote: What type of adhesive does one use to "glue" 1 inch pink foam to plywood? I would like a strong bond, but of coourse, nothing that can attack the foam. Thanks.Mike
Liquid Nails for Projects
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PL-300
Adhesive latex caulk (a new one for the list)
Liquid nails for projects
Regular latex caulk
The first two are my favorites.
Karl
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Thanks everyone for your input. I hope to get a lot of work done on the layout over the next two wekends.
m sharp wrote:What type of adhesive does one use to "glue" 1 inch pink foam to plywood? I would like a strong bond, but of coourse, nothing that can attack the foam. Thanks.Mike
The original, plain 'ole Liquid Nails works just fine. Been using it for several years now, not one problem.
PL300 Adhesive for Foamboard sticks well and the maker says it won't eat foam. Any latex caulk works too. Both are $3 a tube.
Net rumor has it that plain Liquid Nails will eat foam. There is also Liquid Nails for tub surrounds, Liquid Nails for Projects, Liquid Nails for sub flooring and doubtless other names suggested by marketing. None of the Liquid Nails tubes says "Foam Board Compatable", so I go with the PL300 or the latex caulk which DO say foam board compatable.
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
I used Elmer's carpenter glue seven years ago for prime adhesive when I built the Yuba River Sub--foam to wood and foam to foam. Still solid as a rock. And inexpensive.
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
dstarr wrote: m sharp wrote: What type of adhesive does one use to "glue" 1 inch pink foam to plywood? I would like a strong bond, but of coourse, nothing that can attack the foam. Thanks.MikePL300 Adhesive for Foamboard sticks well and the maker says it won't eat foam. Any latex caulk works too. Both are $3 a tube. Net rumor has it that plain Liquid Nails will eat foam. There is also Liquid Nails for tub surrounds, Liquid Nails for Projects, Liquid Nails for sub flooring and doubtless other names suggested by marketing. None of the Liquid Nails tubes says "Foam Board Compatable", so I go with the PL300 or the latex caulk which DO say foam board compatable.
Like most rumors, I can personally vouch that this one concerning LN and foam is incorrect.
jbinkley60 wrote: m sharp wrote: What type of adhesive does one use to "glue" 1 inch pink foam to plywood? I would like a strong bond, but of coourse, nothing that can attack the foam. Thanks.MikeLiquid Nails for Projects
I agree.
I've used Loc Tite power grab for foamboard. It works very well.