Sails glue

[Chris]

Can anyone help me with what they are doing to attach sails….what adhesive are you using?thanks Chris

[Lotharius]

Loctite super glue 3 is my friend

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by Lotharius.

[John]

good quality super glue perfect some one the mast some on the sails however the flag seem to be more problem plastic glue paper glue super glue no effect

[Andy Watkins]

I use tubes of super glue from poundland and I have never had any troubles at all

[invisible officer]

“Super glues” / Cyanoacrylates are not ideal for paper. They settle with water, the humidity in the air. So dry rooms are not ideal for fast setting. Paper often “Drinks” it without real glue effect before it reacts. You might add a bit of humidity to spar. It helps a bit.

And Cyanoacrylate alone is brittle, thats why parts sometimes snap away.

I use a trick, a bit of Cyanoacrylate at one side and a bit of PVA White wood glue on the other . (Here the paper)
The PVA adds flexibility and water, the Cyanoacrylate the fast setting. I use that for decades now.

It also works well with metal on metal or resin. For plastic to plastic I use the special plastic glues.

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by invisible officer.

[Chris]

Thanks these comments are vary helpful….I will experiment a little when I have some ships assembled!

[Bob D]

Very helpful to me too as I am just about to start! Many thanks

[Raymond Hutchison]

I’ve had some decent results by using the gel version of super glue. It tends to be a bit more controllable than the liquid variety.

[Tony C]

I use UHU for the sails and ratlines and gorilla superglue for the rigging.

[Gary Griess]

I use Woodland Scenics, Scenic accents glue. It is a thick tacky glue. I roll the sail around a paint brush handle to curve it, then I apply a thin line of the glue with a toothpick to the top edge of sail. With the tackiness it sticks to the spar on the first try and allows repositioning. once it is positioned I place a small amount where the base of the sail touches the mast. I curl the sail enough so that it fits between the spar and the platform on the mast.

[Bruce Scott]

Super Glue Gel (Selleys brand). Gives a little bit of time for repositioning and seems to work fine on the cardboard sails.

[Author]

Posts