What's the preferred adhesive to glue styrene to plaster? Is a latex primer for the plaster sufficent?
This is to glue an asphalt highway to its roadbed. Liquid Nails? Latex caulk?
I used silicone caulk to glue hydrocal to styrene. It's held up for a couple of years now, with no problems. Somebody else on the forum recommended it.
Two things about silicone caulk, though:
1. It stinks as it's curing. Use in a well-ventilated space. Like, really. This isn't just one of those California warnings. It's an eye-burning, ammonia-like smell.
2. You can't paint silicone caulk. Once it's cured, nothing will stick to it. Make sure you don't get any on the surface of your model.
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If you paint the plaster with latex paint, you should be able to use caulking compound, or the same thing that is used for gluing builders foam down. Liquid Nails has a foam board cement too. Just don't use something that will melt the styrene sheet.
Silicone caulk is good too as it sticks to just about everything. Use it sparingly so it doesn't ooze out, and fill in any cracks with Latex caulk after the silicone has dried.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
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I use Tacky Glue from the craft store.
Nick
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