Hi there. Lets say you have two pieces of foam on a table (on the x axis) and you glue them together. After the seam has "dried" I'm finding that the seam can be squished on the y axis and it will stay squished instead of rebounding to it's original shape. (Like if the two pieces were on a table and you pushed down on the seam.) The glue seems to keep it's sticky or pliable qualities even a day after gluing the seam. Anyone have experience with this?

I'm making the puppets for a theater production and I don't want the puppeteers to be smooshing seams and causing permanent puckers or other damage.

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I am not really sure that I follow you.  You are using contact cement right?  I really don't think you have anything to worry about. I've never had the puppeteers smooshing the seams and causing damage. They are more likely to cause a rip in something because of rough handling.

Sometimes if you use more glue than you actually need it will do that. I have over glued the foam seams before, and while it took longer to dry it still stuck. I did find that once the glue saturated inside the foam instead of just being on the surface if any pressure is applied it can collapse the seam. Try using just enough contact cement to make each piece of foam tacky then attach together. Try not to let the glue soak inside the foam. I hope I explained that OK!

I agree with Billy.  Sounds like to much glue.

Julie