To try the SlipGrip out as a "gluing station," I gathered some painted but unbased figures, bases, and several types of glue.
The figures are from another Workbench project - some Great Orc Pirates (Foundry), painted by Fernando Painting. (I'll have more pictures of them - and a full write-up - when I finish basing them...)
I'm trying some new bases with these figures - 25mm magnetic bases from Gale Force Nine. When you take them out of their wrapper, you find the individual bases are "stuck" (magnetically) to a self-adhesive rubbery sheet.
Each base is essentially a "sandwich" - a textured plastic surface on top, and a rubbery magnetic layer on the bottom.
Gluing went uneventfully. The instructions that come with the bases recommend using superglue. For purposes of testing out the hobby mat, I used three varieties: an ordinary superglue, a superglue pen, and a superglue gel. Unfortunately, I wasn't providing much of a "test" for the hobby mat - I didn't spill anything! So, after gluing down a few figures with each type of glue, I started putting a few drips and smears of glue onto the top-right corner of the mat. I also wrote my name in glue, using the pen.
For the last three figures, I decided to switch to another type of glue: epoxy.
This type of glue comes as two syrup-like materials that need to be mixed before use. I squirted it directly onto the hobby mat, mixing it with a wooden stick.
I also took the opportunity to glue some of the Army for Bill figures to 20mm magnetic bases.
When all was done, I had some glue smears and a pool of epoxy to clean up:
The dried superglue cleaned up fairly easily, after being wiped with a dry paper towel. (The superglue pen left some faint discoloration, probably due to the pressure from the pen's tip.)
Meanwhile, the epoxy was hardening! First wipes with a paper towel accomplished nothing except making the towel sticky. The "trick" was to lift one corner of the gelatainous pool, then peel the whole thing off. This left behind a sticky residue that cleaned up with a mildly soapy paper towel.
