Last year during Back to School sales at Wal-Mart they had Elmer’s “Glue All” and “School Glue” on sale in 4 oz bottles with a price that made it cheaper to buy an ounce than if you bought a gallon. You don’t have to buy a whole gallon if you don’t need it, could if you want to I suppose, and you get the dispenser bottle to boot. I’m not sure what/if there is a difference between the two types of glue.
Have fun,
Not knowing the composition of these school-type glues, I’d be cautious about using them in place of the standard Elmer’s White Glue or the Elmer’s Yellow Carpenter’s Glue on any critical projects. Usually you get what you pay for.
Bob
All Elmer’s white glue is polyvinyl-acetate based with borax added to produce the viscoelastic liquid we all know and love. Elmer’s also makes Krazy Glue, Ross glue and Probond adhesives. Surprisingly enough, they also make X-acto craft knifes.
The School Glue is more easily washable, ie. it will come out of kid’s clothes easier than regular white glue. It’s the replacement for the school paste that used to come in the big jars and all of us used to eat back in grade school.
If you’re planning to use it to hold down scenery material, you’ll also find the School Glue doesn’t hold as well as white glue.
Yes, I’ve already tried it.
I second Tom’s comments. I’ve seen other forum discussions which verify that the school white glue is NOT such a good choice for scenery use. The regular white glue is the one to use.
Hal
[B)] That sounded like Charlie Brown’s teacher.
On a recent trip to Staples I noticed the same glue being sold in 4 ounce bottles at a real bargain. Given that this stuff is almost the same as a certain Woodland Scenics product, it was a real bargain. Now I am using it only hold one layer of foam to another, I don’t see much of a problem in using the product, The two layers of foam are holding together very nicely and it’s been at least a month since I used the glue on them.
It will be a while yet before I would use it for scenery but all of the comments here will be noted.
Irv
IIRC, the paste had a rather nondescript taste, perhaps a bit “chalky”. The texture was a bit more interesting if you were able to get a jar with a dried ring or layer on top[:D].
Gary
I tried it. Nixed it.
Back to safeweld and testors… the old standbys. Woodland scenics for foam and carpenters glue for wood.
The school glue is ok when matched to the work, but when the beef hits the road it does not stand up.
MOD PODGE MATTE…accept no substitute…
I wasn’t into eating paste, but I did like the flavor scented magic markers they used to make. I wonder what kind of chemicals were in those??[:-^]
Forget the magic markers, watch out for that wonderful rubber cement. I suppose when I pass on, they will have to cremate me hotter to burn off the residue.
Lowes and HD have gallon jugs of “Glue All” for $10. Sometimes they go on sale for $5.99. I have maybe 4 gallons from a “sale”. Can’t beat that as a great value.
Last time I bought glue at Lowe’s they were sold out of the Elmer’s white glue so I bought a gallon of Titebond white glue. While it’s suffecient for the job I will be buying Elmer’s next time.