Friday, February 26, 2010

Styrofoam Adhesive to use with popsicle sticks?

Will a hot glue gun or elmers white glue work on styrofoam?Styrofoam Adhesive to use with popsicle sticks?
Permanent white glues will work on ps foams though could take a long time to dry.


(If you used a thin white glue like Elmers instead of a thicker tacky white glue, you'd definitely want Elmers' GlueAll since it's permanent... not Elmers' Washable School Glue).





Glue guns are good too, but if you're using a *high-temp* glue gun as opposed to the more common *low-temp* glue gun for crafts, you'll want to extrude the glue onto something else (perhaps a popscicle stick) to let it cool down just a little before touching it to the ps foam (or it will melt it).


You could actually use a dot or two of white glue, then use the glue gun glue around it, then get a quick bond that wll also be stronger and more flexible once the white glue dries.





There's an adhesive spray specifically for ps foam too.. think it's called 3M Spray 77, or something like that.








HTH,





Diane B.Styrofoam Adhesive to use with popsicle sticks?
Elmer's - No.





Hot glue works on just about anything. My sister has been dubbed the Hot Glue Queen because she hot glues everything, including beads to a metal ring for a chandelier that she just made.





Hope this helps.

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