Thanks for the input guys!
I am getting tired of looking at all that pink!
TheK4Kid
I just laid down road bed onto painted foam with latex caulk and it holds just fine.
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TheK4Kid wrote: I never gave this a thought, but prior to laying down roadbed, I could just very lightly sand where I'm going to lay down roadbed, or adhere anything else to the foam. DUHHHH!!!!!!LOL!I was thinking also, it will be easier than painting around everything..My biggest thought was will my roadbed adhere as good?I don't see why not. TheK4Kid
I never gave this a thought, but prior to laying down roadbed, I could just very lightly sand where I'm going to lay down roadbed, or adhere anything else to the foam. DUHHHH!!!!!!LOL!I was thinking also, it will be easier than painting around everything..
My biggest thought was will my roadbed adhere as good?I don't see why not.
I don't think you'd want to sand foam, even painted foam. You'll take little tiny bits out of the foam and create a rought surface. Don't ask me how I know! As for sticking to the paint, I've painted all my foam and I stick my roadbed and track down with latex caulk and it holds just fine. The caulk sticks to the paint and the paint sticks to the foam.
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Unless you are doing A LOT of carving paint it as soon as it is down. As you say, it will look better. You can carve it later, build on it later, lay track and change track. Just always use latex or acrylic paint and glue(what you don't want is silicone or oil based or super glue or any solvent based anything. That is unless you are using solvent to form a controled lake bed.)
How about some pics. I love to look at what others are learning to do.
TheK4Kid wrote: Hi guys! I'm working on my PRR layout ( 6 feet by 24 feet) and simply getting tired of looking at the PINK FOAM tabletops. I already have some track laid, but thought since I already have some earth tone paints I would go ahead and paint the foam. I don't think I'll have any problems with roadbed adhering to the painted foam.Figured it be easier to paint it now before I lay much more track.I'm using mostly W/S foam rooadbed attached with clear latex caulk.Any opinions?TheK4Kid
Hi guys!
I'm working on my PRR layout ( 6 feet by 24 feet) and simply getting tired of looking at the PINK FOAM tabletops. I already have some track laid, but thought since I already have some earth tone paints I would go ahead and paint the foam. I don't think I'll have any problems with roadbed adhering to the painted foam.Figured it be easier to paint it now before I lay much more track.I'm using mostly W/S foam rooadbed attached with clear latex caulk.Any opinions?
Good question, I am tired of looking at my blue foam too, but I have SOOOOO much more to do I didn't know whether to paint it or not. Maybe I will, at least a little bit to break it up.
TheK4Kid wrote:I already have some track laid, but thought since I already have some earth tone paints I would go ahead and paint the foam. I don't think I'll have any problems with roadbed adhering to the painted foam.
Ed,
Go ahead and paint it while you have a chance. Otherwise, it will take you quite a while to paint around things.
Does it say on the clear caulk container that it's paintable? If it's latex caulk, it should be paintable. I used the white latex caulk and the container stated that you could paint over it. That would be my major concern.