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Ron Marshall
19-Apr-2008, 20:43
I want to glue some of my foamcore sheets back to back. What is a good glue for this? I won't need to reposition or remove it.
bwaysteve
19-Apr-2008, 21:34
I use a double sided tape gun.Try Light Impressions
How big?
If not too big, how about rubber cement? Coat both sides, let them almost dry, then put them together. Should be permanent.
Vaughn
Greg Lockrey
19-Apr-2008, 22:19
I use 3M 3/4" double sided mounting tape. A good trick is to mount so that curve sides are opposite face to face that way they pull each other flat.
Ben Chase
19-Apr-2008, 22:21
Gorilla Glue?
Randy H
20-Apr-2008, 03:19
3M super 77 spray. does not attack the foam, will be there forever. repositional for a short period of time. easy to find and use. once pressed together firmy, aint gone nowheres forever. I also use this for bellows. good stuffs.
vonstauren
20-Apr-2008, 03:24
Contact cement does the job but the foam needs to be aerated for a day or so to lose the vapors.
aduncanson
20-Apr-2008, 07:31
I once met a man who built finely detailed full size mock-ups of helicopter cockpits out of foamcore for Boeing. He was an artist. He used hot melt glue almost exclusively. When I tried it, it was a mess. but I was impatient.
you might also try polyvinyl acetate ( pva ) sold in
all sorts of art supply stores. its made for gluing paper.
MIke Sherck
20-Apr-2008, 17:34
I built several pinhole cameras out of foam board and Gorilla Glue. The foam board gave up before the glue joints did. Good luck!
Mike
I build 6x6 lensboards for Deardorff (that also fit my Plaufel Profia) from foam board. It's a super fast and super cheap way how to get a new lens to work if you don't own one of those expensive mounting iris devices. The office max glue stick works as well as a Weldbond glue for me but is less messy. I tried Pliobond once and it dissolves the foam.
Merg Ross
20-Apr-2008, 18:18
If you are concerned about acid free, Best-Test makes a white rubber cement that works well on foamcore. I have used it for making foamcore shipping containers for my prints. Good ventilation is suggested!
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