I hear that I can make woodland scenics scenic cement by simply mixing half elmers glue half water and shaking it up…is that true?
I doubt that it is Elmer’s Glue.
I’d be more inclined to believe that the base is matte medium.
Rich
It’s possible that a flattening agent is added to the mixture to create to matte medium.
I suspect Scenic Cement is Matte Medium, thinned down with 3 or 4 parts water to 1 part Matte Medium. For scenery work, white glue that dries flat clear will work as well. I use a 2:1 mixture for ‘painting’ areas that will be flocked. I then spray 71% isopropyl alcohol over the area. I ‘dribble’ a 4:1 mixture of water/glue with a pipette over the area to make sure it is all glued down. The alcohol reduces the ‘surface tension’ and prevents the scenery from ‘clumping’ up.
The water/white glue mixture dries ‘rock hard’ and you may notice more ‘train noise’ on the layout later. Using Matte Medium results in less noise as it dries ‘softer’…I always use the duiluted Matte Medium for track ballast wirk as that is where the ‘drumming’ train noise seems to come from.
Jim
Well, no, actually, you can’t make Scenic Cement, because you don’t own the WS Trademark. [:D]
But you can create solutions that will work just as well and cost a lot less.
Personally, I prefer matte medium (available at any art store), diluted one part medium to four parts water, plus two drops of dishwashing liquid for each cup of solution. Matte medium usually contains talc as a dulling agent, so you should let that settle out before using it.
White glue also works instead of matte medium. It’s cheaper, but I like the fact that matte medium stays more flexible.