Good morning ladies...
I am trying to find a glue that is waterproof, viscous, and dries hard (not rubbery). It also must adhere to fiberglass or nylon.
Basically, I'm trying to squeeze droplets (about the size of a seed bead, 1/16"-1/8" diameter) onto a piece of window screening. I want the droplets to dry as little spheres, just as they land (droplets must be thick enough not to run through to the opposite side of the screen). I would just glue seed beads onto the screening, but I have to do thousands of drops so glue seems more efficient.
Super glue is too runny, Aleene's "Tacky Glue" isn't waterproof, Aleene's "Stop Fraying" dries rubbery, and I think that epoxy and glue guns would make droplets that are too large and uneven. I have never used any kind of fabric paint, but suspect it will be too pliable when dried. The finished project must be able to withstand ordinary laudering (both the detergent and the agitation).
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd rather harvest your collective wisdom than buy 20 bottles of glue! Thanks in advance.
I am trying to find a glue that is waterproof, viscous, and dries hard (not rubbery). It also must adhere to fiberglass or nylon.
Basically, I'm trying to squeeze droplets (about the size of a seed bead, 1/16"-1/8" diameter) onto a piece of window screening. I want the droplets to dry as little spheres, just as they land (droplets must be thick enough not to run through to the opposite side of the screen). I would just glue seed beads onto the screening, but I have to do thousands of drops so glue seems more efficient.
Super glue is too runny, Aleene's "Tacky Glue" isn't waterproof, Aleene's "Stop Fraying" dries rubbery, and I think that epoxy and glue guns would make droplets that are too large and uneven. I have never used any kind of fabric paint, but suspect it will be too pliable when dried. The finished project must be able to withstand ordinary laudering (both the detergent and the agitation).
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd rather harvest your collective wisdom than buy 20 bottles of glue! Thanks in advance.
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Re: Waterproof glue!!!
Wed, August 6, 2008 - 9:19 AMOh, just to expand the scope of the search a bit...it doesn't have to be glue, either, as I'm not actually glueing anything TO anything. As long as the droplet will stay adhered to the screening. I've thought of nail polish and model paints, though again I suspect that they may be too runny... -
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Re: Waterproof glue!!!
Fri, August 8, 2008 - 9:04 AMThank you for the replies...I haven't tried resins, have never worked with them (except wax of course). I might go in that direction. I did try Gorilla Glue yesterday, which I initially thought was too thin but it ended up beading on the underside of the screen after flowing through, which gets a good effect as long as I flip the screen first. Problem is that it bubbles and expands as it dries, so the dried droplets are larger and somewhat irregular. Still, the best I've tried.
Thanks for www.thisandthat.com--a cool site, though not much help with plastics or fiberglass. Still, I'm sure it will be handy on some future project!
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Re: Waterproof glue!!!
Fri, August 8, 2008 - 9:05 AMOops, I meant www.thistothat.com.
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Re: Waterproof glue!!!
Mon, August 18, 2008 - 4:05 PME-6000 is waterproof.
I tried recently to remove some paint from a mask by soaking it for several hours in water and the straps that were glued down with E-6000 stayed on tight!
Good luck,
Alyssa
www.ravenwoodmasks.com
