Any ideas for a suitable glue please.
My wife want to mount some sea shells and sand dollars from a recent holiday into a box type picture frame. The shells are very delicate. I was thinking of something like the stuff used to stick CDs onto magazine covers but I don't know what it is. Also wondered about silicone sealant.
I've always referred to it as "snot".
I think that that would be better and more permanent.
Hot-melt glue might be suitable. Small dabs. It's very fast.
R.
But a lot better than the stuff they used before when you had to tear the mag to get the item off...
With the nozzle cut to give a very small opening ..
Or a glue gun if heat isn't a problem ..
Stuart
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For those of you who always wanted to know what sand dollars were ..lol
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I made a shell display like that once. I made the box frame out of thin MDF sheet and 10mm square moulding, and painted it with coloured woodstain. Then when dry, laid it on its back and poured in a layer of PVA glue (the kind which dries clear/translucent) to a thickness of 2-3mm. Arranged the shells and some stones/pebbles in that, then poured over beach sand to fill all the spaces between the shells etc. After leaving it for a couple of days for the glue to set, I tipped out the surplus sand and stood back to admire it. Worked jolly well.
| Any ideas for a suitable glue please. |=20 | My wife want to mount some sea shells and sand dollars from a recent = holiday=20 | into a box type picture frame. The shells are very delicate. | I was thinking of something like the stuff used to stick CDs onto = magazine=20 | covers but I don't know what it is. Also wondered about silicone = sealant.
The stuff they stick CDs onto a magazine is hot glue from a glue gun
They work well if you are fast, because the glue stops being glue when it cools in maybe 1/2 minute. Keep your fingers out of the way you may get a mild burn.
Hot glue should be OK for sea shells, which are fairly strong. and being calcium carbonate should stand the heat.
Never seen a sand dollar, but Google gave me this.
--=20 Dave Fawthrop Some of my Hobbies: VDU Glasses=20
You sure about that .....so this glue from the glue gun..You can roll it up when cool like the stuff they use on magazines .???
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| On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:50:28 +0000, Dave Fawthrop | wrote: |=20 | >On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:18:02 GMT, "john" | >wrote: | >
| >| Any ideas for a suitable glue please. | >|=20 | >| My wife want to mount some sea shells and sand dollars from a recent= holiday=20 | >| into a box type picture frame. The shells are very delicate. | >| I was thinking of something like the stuff used to stick CDs onto = magazine=20 | >| covers but I don't know what it is. Also wondered about silicone = sealant. | >
| >The stuff they stick CDs onto a magazine is hot glue from a glue gun | >
Yep. All tests show them to be identical.
--=20 Dave Fawthrop Some of my Hobbies: VDU Glasses=20
That sounds like an excellent technique , I must make a note of your message for future ref. Cheers Don
Are you sure? I thought they used water based adhesives such as
You certainly can get peelable adhesive to be used with a glue gun - whether it's used for cover discs I don't know.
Nope wrong again, good to see you going for a perfect score sheet. Dave Fawthrop 100% wrong 100% of the time.
| Dave Fawthrop wrote: |=20 | > The stuff they stick CDs onto a magazine is hot glue from a glue gun |=20 | Are you sure? I thought they used water based adhesives | such as
--=20 Dave Fawthrop Some of my Hobbies: VDU Glasses=20
| Dave Fawthrop wrote: |=20 | > The stuff they stick CDs onto a magazine is hot glue from a glue gun |=20 | Nope wrong again, good to see you going for a perfect score sheet. Dave= =20 | Fawthrop 100% wrong 100% of the time.
If I said that rain was wet you would insist that it was dry :-(
Your paranoia is showing :-)
--=20 Dave Fawthrop Some of my Hobbies: VDU Glasses=20
Oh look smileys, first refuge of the stupid.
Hmm. You both seem to be using some sort of smiley.
Umm no.
| Dave Fawthrop wrote: | > On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:17:29 +0000, Steve Firth =
| > wrote: | >=20 | > | Dave Fawthrop wrote: | > |=20 | > | > The stuff they stick CDs onto a magazine is hot glue from a glue = gun | > |=20 | > | Nope wrong again, good to see you going for a perfect score sheet. = Dave=20 | > | Fawthrop 100% wrong 100% of the time. | >=20 | > If I said that rain was wet you would insist that it was dry :-( | >=20 | > Your paranoia is showing :-) |=20 | Oh look smileys, first refuge of the stupid.
A change of the tablets might improve your unfortunate condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .But I doubt it.
--=20 Dave Fawthrop =20
Umm re-reading that in the cold light of morning I see. Apols.
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