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ROADS
Posted by snowey on Friday, March 25, 2005 2:38 AM
I'm getting ready to lay the roads on my layout, and I'm going to use sheet styrene. My layout is foam, and I was going to use white glue to glue them down, but white glue doesn't stick to plastic. What else can I use?

Also, does "Liquid Nails for Foam" come in a tube? I know that for regular Liquid Nails you have to use a calk Gun, but I don't want to buy one unless I have to.[?]
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Posted by Jetrock on Friday, March 25, 2005 3:11 AM
Look for "Liquid Nails for Projects." It's clear, comes in a tube, and sticks to foam. Another thing to try is Aleene's Tacky Glue--it's a thick white PVA glue.
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Posted by Seamonster on Friday, March 25, 2005 6:09 AM
Silicone caulking should stick to styrene. It sticks to pretty well everything else.

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, March 25, 2005 8:24 AM
Woodland Scenics makes a series of adhesives that work on foam and other materials. By the way I am also adding roads to my layouts but I am using the Walthers plastic street system
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 1:50 PM
I second Aleene's. I have attached all by styrene roads (as well as many other things) to my foam base with it.

Steve

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