mygrommi Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I've been absent for quite awhile, but am now officially back to working on my very large dollhouse - a project that has taken years. I am using Hobby Lobby wood flooring sheets in most rooms and tile in other rooms. I bought plastic yard signs (Happy Birthday, etc.) from the Dollar store to use to glue my wood flooring sheets and tile to in order to be able to slide the flooring out of each room for access to wiring which is in grooves in the floor. I like the plastic (maybe styrene?) yard signs because they are very thin. They are also quite slippery. Has anyone used these signs? I need to know what kind of glue to use to adhere the wood and the tile to the plastic signs. I also may use these plastic signs to glue egg carton stone pieces to cover two porch floors which also have wiring grooves in the floors. Does anyone have any idea of what kind of paint will adhere to this slippery plastic? I prefer painting the porch surface before gluing on the egg carton stones and letting the paint serve as the grout. Major accomplishment - I just completed gluing the egg carton stones onto the wooden base of my large dollhouse with the help of one of my granddaughters. It went much slower than I had hoped, but all the stones are now on. I will probably do a dry brush painting on the stones prior to sealing with Mod Podge. Will post photos when completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Hi there Renea, nice to meet you. Have you ever used a contact spray adhesive? It is what is use to adhere laminate /Formica to wood. You spray the backside of both pieces then stick them together. I think that might work for you. It can be cut after it has dried. Google it, there has got to be a video of someone doing it. There are tons of brands available. Paint stores carry it. I don't know how well the Elmer's works(link below), I have used what my husband has on hand and it s brand is Helmitin. It has to be used outside, and it can be messy. https://www.officesupply.com/office-supplies/general-supplies/tape-glue-adhesives/spray-adhesives/elmer-multi-purpose-spray-adhesive/p18891.html?ref=%3Dpla&product_id=18891&adpos=1o5&creative=82620376713&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI95Hsop7h1QIVRWp-Ch2lpgYUEAQYBSABEgKwTPD_BwE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 My go-to for glue is http://www.thistothat.com They suggest that if the plastic is very smooth (such as what you are describing), use a 120-grit sandpaper to add some texture to the side that will be glued. The glue will grip better. They also suggest clamping for a successful bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Welcome home, Renea! I will be interested to find out what works with those plastic signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mygrommi Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Carrie, I hope the answer is not the contact spray adhesive. I have used it on other non-miniature projects and it is indeed messy. I tend to get whatever glue I am using all over me before a project is done. I looked at some contact spray adhesive today at my local JoAnns store (which is sadly shutting down soon) and the directions indicate that you have to work quickly and that once you stick something (a tile, for instance) down, you cannot not move or reposition it. I can't imagine spraying the back of individual small tiles and getting everyone perfectly positioned. I could, of course, draw gridlines on the plastic sheet for each tile, but it would still be risky. I couldn't spray the entire sheet first and expect to have time to get each tile positioned before the glue dries, which I know is very quick. I would have to do each sheet in small sections. The wood flooring sheets would not be as much of a problem as the sheets where I will glue individual tiles. I imagine, though, that the contact spray adhesive is probably the proper glue. KathieB, thanks for the suggestion of roughing up the plastic signs with sandpaper - I had not thought of that. And Holly, thanks for the welcome back. As far as other progress, I have primed all the baseboard, crown molding, stair and porch railings, shutters and other strip wood this week. I am dreading priming/painting the doors and working windows. Renea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Renea, I did have great success using E6000 to assemble the plastic version of the Orchid kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, havanaholly said: Renea, I did have great success using E6000 to assemble the plastic version of the Orchid kit. I also used E6000 to assemble the White Orchid, but I'm finding that some of the pieces tend to snap off at the joint if any pressure is applied. I'm thinking that roughing up the surface would have been a good plan, but I didn't know about it at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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