Someone recommended Fabri-Tac to me and it works fairly well on foam. You can find it at Wal Mart or the fabric stores.

OK, I took someones advice and bought the non toxic contact cement. What a waste of money, it won't glue anything. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

I use it all the time and love it.....you need to get a hairdryer and speed up the time to make the glue tacky before you adhere it to the other piece of foam.  That is the key to make sure it is tacky before adhering.  I love it due to the same results as contact cement without the health risks.

Hope this helps.......

Daryl H

I did that (the hair dryer). I always use a hair dryer with regular contact cement. I really think this can is bad or something. It NEVER gets tacky. I have worked with contact cement a lot, and this is stuff is just plain weird. Thinking maybe I need to get another can and try it.

When I found out about crafter's pick ultimate from this forum I tried it and was not disappointed.

Steve

I did that (the hair dryer). I always use a hair dryer with regular contact cement. I really think this can is bad or something. It NEVER gets tacky. I have worked with contact cement a lot, and this is stuff is just plain weird. Thinking maybe I need to get another can and try it.

It could be a bad can......maybe you could exchange it if you have your reciept?

Daryl H

Has any one used the tite bond cold press glue? how well does it work?  Im a woodworker and we always used tite bond wood glue in the shop and i like the brand but never used the cold press stuff......also has anyone ever used sta-put? Im a new builder trying to find my way around, could someone turn the lights on?

Hey,    to P&S

I would bet that most the things you use in wood working would work for you in puppet making.   It never hurts to try. With adhesives often ones that are water based or like your gold press do not make as strong a bond, but that may not be a problem depending on what you are doing in the puppet making process.  I've used water based adhesives for gluing foam on puppets and it is just fine, where as if used on say a counter top to laminate it might not last as long.

Has any one used the tite bond cold press glue? how well does it work?  Im a woodworker and we always used tite bond wood glue in the shop and i like the brand but never used the cold press stuff......also has anyone ever used sta-put? Im a new builder trying to find my way around, could someone turn the lights on?

Hi!  Please keeps us posted with things that work or not. I don't use contact cement because it is so awful and I have small children.  I tend to stick with hot glue and careful fingers.  If you learn something new and useful, believe me, we are all ears.

I'm using hot glue at the moment... but it hurts.  :'(
It's ok for assembling heads but when I made the arms, ouch! It doesn't fold over the edges without burning my fingers. I do have contact cement but I don't want to use it because it's so bad for you.
What I need is a contact cement, that you wait a little while till it gets tacky, dries clear, that is non toxic and doesn't come undone when you leave your puppet in a hot car, my car gets sooo hot it's just not true!
I read all of the above posts and I still can't decide what to do.