Foam adheasives and glues.

[Chris Arveson]

OK, thanks!

[ClippoPuppet]

Uh, well duh. They use 3M Flashbond 30 water based contact. Don't know why I couldn't remember that. Age or something! He said they have both green and neutral colors, and for some reason the green holds better. Then they also use the 3M 77 for securing some of their foam props. They use both neoprene foam (which they use the contact cement for) and some kind of industrial foam (he wasn't sure what kind of foam it was but it looked like it might be a very firm multi foam of some kind) that they use the 77 on.

My foam test with scott foam and the water based contact seems to be holding just as well as the evil-smelling weldwood gel kind I had been using. It was easy to use, but did take a bit longer to dry and I had to put the pieces together and hold them for about 10 minutes to cure. It dried with a bit of a green tint, so it might be better to try the neutral color to see how that looks if you're not putting a skin on the puppet.

[StiqPuppet Productions]

Hey I have used "Green" Contact Cement by LePage.  To speed up the drying process use a Hairdryer it works great speeds things up.  I will be doing a glueing workshop at my show on Monday at 9PM EST.   

Daryl H

[MsPuppet]

We recently made a "glue box."  It is a large cardboard box with a portion of two sides cut out.  One side goes against a window, which we open when we are gluing. It has a large filter (a/c heating type filter). I have a large box fan in the window. 

This very effectively draws the fumes out of the room.