I was in Home Depot last night and happened to see Elmer’s Ultimate Glue on the shelves.
I was wondering if anyone has used this product and if it is a foam friendly adhesive or not.
Looks like it is the same thing as Gorilla Glue. Not sure on foam safe, but it does require the mating surfaces to be dampened first, just like Gorilla Glue.
–Randy
Randy, you’re using yellow carpenter’s glue? track to foam and foam to benchwork?
Yellow glue for foam to benchwork. I use some clear drying latex adhesive caulk, I think it says “Polyseamseal” or something, got it at Home Depot, for the roadbed to foam and track to roadbed. One tube goes a LONG way, you only need a THIN bead, spread out with a putty knife. Tack enough to even hold curves in place while drying, although I usually stick a few push pins in just in case. When it’s clear, you know it’s dry - takes about an hour to turn completely clear in my basement (it’s a bit cool down there right now, 54-56 degrees). And I’ve had to peel up some, and I was able to peel up botht he track and roadbed without wrecking the foam board benchwork - the foam roadbed would not be reusable, but the track was undamaged as well. One peel up was because I goofed and forgot to put insulated joiners in between a pair of turnouts, the other was because of a change in plans where I completely removed a turnout and replaced it with a section of flex.
–Randy
I have used The ULTIMATE glue (in best announcer voice I can do) I haven’t yet used it on my layout…Main problem with using it on a layout is it expands. No matter how little you use there will be sone kind of expansion. Though it is great for glueing things together where there is a gap between the two parts.
Andrew