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Two styrene Qs

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Posted by saronaterry on Friday, March 14, 2008 2:02 PM

Lee, if you haven't bought the styrene yet, save yourself some dough and go to the local big box and check the "for sale" signs.

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Posted by billybob757 on Friday, March 14, 2008 1:35 PM

You could probably apply the Testors cement in a style simialr to applying carpenters glue to wood although I have much better success with thck gap CA.  The thick gap CA holds over time much better than the Testors..

 

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Posted by frisco kid on Friday, March 14, 2008 1:18 PM

scissors will be fine

Amount of glue I do not know.

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Two styrene Qs
Posted by kasskaboose on Friday, March 14, 2008 1:02 PM

I will use .10 stryene sheets to go around the corners of my 7x12 backdrop.  I read that styrene can get cut w/ a hobby knife.  However, couldn't I use scissors since the styrene is so thin? 

I plan to use masonite on the straight sections. The styrene on the corners will get built up from behind to match the masonite's thickness using extra .10 strips.  I have 1x2s behind the benchwork that will support the masonite and styrene.  I will use joint compound to fill in the cracks between them.  How much plastic glue do I need to hold the strips together?  I figured to get two one-ounce bottles of Testor's plastic cement.

TIA!!

Lee 

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