| Asteroid X | 27 May 2020 11:04 a.m. PST |
I've been using gel super glue to adhere miniatures onto the coins I use for basing (nickels and pennies for 28mm and 20mm respectively). It's not the cheapest and the bottles are rather small. While repairing my daughter's sander with Shoe Goo I had one of those, "I wonder if …" ideas. I tried a few miniatures, metal, hard plastic and soft plastic (polyethylene) and it worked great for all! That will be my new go to from now on. Large tube, not expensive, adheres well, no worries about skin being glued. Thought I should pass it on. |
| JimDuncanUK | 27 May 2020 11:31 a.m. PST |
Sounds like a contact adhesive which I've been using for more than 50 years. In the UK it is marketed under names like Bostik, UHU, Evo-stick as well as own brands which are similar. |
 ColCampbell  | 27 May 2020 12:35 p.m. PST |
From a quick Google search: link and link "Dries to a waterproof, flexible rubber … ." Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_Goo
A styrene-butadiene copolymer with toluene or tetrachloroethylene solvent and solvent naptha. I've used another type in the past and it does stick metal figures to metal bases very well. Jim |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 27 May 2020 12:42 p.m. PST |
It's not the cheapest and the bottles are rather small. You can buy superglue in dollar stores. |
| Nick Bowler | 27 May 2020 1:48 p.m. PST |
I used this once. Not recommended. Works great for basing. But if you have to rebase …. |
| Asteroid X | 27 May 2020 7:30 p.m. PST |
Auto spellcheck again.. "sandal " not sander. I haven't tried to remove any figures. I was thinking a thin blade to cut between the base and the coin. The dollar store superglue here are non-gel and super tiny compared to the Gorilla gel superglue I usually use. Pennies and nickels can always be added to movement trays making larger bases. |
| Zephyr1 | 27 May 2020 9:23 p.m. PST |
Aleene's Flexible Stretchable Fabric Glue works really well, too. A little goes a long way, and it's waterbased. |
 Yellow Admiral | 28 May 2020 2:44 a.m. PST |
I used this once. Not recommended. Works great for basing. But if you have to rebase…. +1 Nick Bowler I threw away a set of miniatures acquired at a flea market because they were permanently stuck to a horrific basing job with Shoo Goo. I was unable to find a solvent that would soften or dissolve the goo, and the miniatures were more easily damaged than the adhesive, so nearly impossible to mechanically remove them. The few I was able to get apart had tenacious clear rubbery substance preventing the next base from adhering properly, and trying to carve it off inevitably took some soft lead along for the ride. Nobody wanted to buy 1/3000 ships buried in mounds of clear goo, and I was never going to put them on the table, so… goodbye. Not worth my time and effort to salvage. Shoo Goo does work pretty well to hold shoes together, though.  - Ix |
| Thomas O | 28 May 2020 6:58 a.m. PST |
I use either Aleene's Tacky glue or Elmer's wood glue for mounting figures to bases. I am mostly just mounting single figures both metal and plastic to fender washers. I have no problems with them coming loose, and if need be they can be removed. I do put a piece of masking tape over the hole in the washer. |
| Asteroid X | 29 May 2020 7:20 p.m. PST |
How do those glues work for basing 1/72 polyethylene figures to metal? |
| Zephyr1 | 29 May 2020 8:51 p.m. PST |
With the Stretchable Fabric Glue, once dry, they'll snap off at the legs before the base ever comes loose… ;-) |
 Bobgnar | 30 May 2020 10:29 p.m. PST |
I once purchased a large collection of excellent war of Spanish succession figures only to discover that they were based on linoleum tile Affixed with contact cement. Cutting and prying and snipping the bases away was taking forever. So I set A couple dozen bases of 4 figures at a time in a cookie pan with water just covering the base but not the feet of the figures. I put this on the stove at low heat and after about 15 minutes the tile and the glue had melted such that I could easily stick an X-Acto knife under the base of the figure and trim it off. This is why I do as Thomas O above says he does. I go through the very large bottle of Aleene's tacky glue about once every 4 months |
| AICUSV | 31 May 2020 7:24 p.m. PST |
For metal figures I use white glue to mount them on painting bases. Holds well, but allows for easy removal. To their gaming base I use DUCO household cement. Again this holds well, but can be undone without too much effort. Thanks to this forum I've recently discovered Aleene's Tacky glue (original formula) for plastics, it is great. |
