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Author Topic: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?  (Read 1059 times)

Offline Zeebeest

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What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« on: June 05, 2017, 08:23:23 PM »
As in the title.
What glue do you guys use to attach miniatures to a clear plexi (pmma) base?

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Offline white knight

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Re: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 08:30:25 PM »
I use superglue, but I also pin at least one foot

Offline Zeebeest

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Re: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2017, 09:31:14 PM »
I use superglue, but I also pin at least one foot

Doesn't that leave a white haze on the plexi?

Greetings,

Zeebeest.

Offline Duke Donald

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Re: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 09:40:11 PM »
I also use superglue. Though, you have to be very careful with the glue so that it doesn't spread beyond the feet. I previously used fairly thick bases (2mm) and pinned one or both feet, but now decided for very thin bases (0.5mm) and have stopped pinning. It seems to hold quite OK just with the glue, see picture below for an example:





Offline Svennn

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Re: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2017, 09:50:55 PM »
As all plastics and superglues are not made equal I never risk the fogging issue and use a very small amount of fast set two part epoxy. I also imagine superglue, especially in small areas, would be quite brittle?
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Offline DELTADOG

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Re: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2017, 11:15:22 PM »
Acrifix is the best Solution for Plexiglas bases!



I would pin the Minis either!

Offline white knight

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Re: What glue for plexi (pmma) bases?
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2017, 08:26:20 AM »
Doesn't that leave a white haze on the plexi?

I only put a bit of glue around the pin, so the haze doesn't spread beyond the footprint.



(except for the one in the left of this picture where I put on a bit too much:)



If you're careful, it even works with figure with a very small footprint:




 

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