Attaching Latex to Latex, what glue?

Hey there,

I'm struggling with a Halloween project and I was wondering if anybody knows the best method for attaching Latex to Latex?

I tried tacky glue, but it just pulls away with little force.

I've heard about contact adhesive, but it's dangerous and not available in the UK.

Can anybody help???

thanks

Richard

You can glue latex with liquid latex (if you're parts are true latex and are not painted), maybe you can also use neoprene ?

For large areas I've had good results with spray carpet tile adhesive. For small areas, rubber cement from a bike shop works fine.

Someone else said it, but you can attach latex to latex with more latex.

Otherwise, I'll also suggest the rubber cement method which primarily is based on Bestene (nasty stuff, hard to find, probably expensive). Nice thing about the rubber cement is that its a viscous enough material that you will have good control over it.

Clean off any paint first.

Thanks for everybodys advice.

I've just tried the Latex method. I sanded off some of the paint and scored the latex with a scalpel.

We shall see if it's worked tomorrow!

If not, back to the drawing board!

thanks again

Vandark

roguepink said:

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Someone else said it, but you can attach latex to latex with more latex.

Otherwise, I'll also suggest the rubber cement method which primarily is based on Bestene (nasty stuff, hard to find, probably expensive). Nice thing about the rubber cement is that its a viscous enough material that you will have good control over it.

Clean off any paint first.

Super Glue works great, if the pieces are not painted.

Copydex is a latex based adhesive that dries quicker than latex itself, I used it to attach various parts of a Bib Fortuna mask and it workd great.

Got it in B&Q!

I second the Ca.

That's how I attached all the parts on an Alien costume.
painted latex on the body suit than glued the detail pieces on.


D6

If anybody is interested, the liquid latex as glue attempt didn't work very well. This morning, I gave the appliance a bit of a tug and it came away from the mask.

I went to Homebase during my dinner break and got a tube of Contact Adeisive and so far, so good....it's applied like a dream.......awesome stuff.

Just need to see how tough the join is tomorrow!

Might back up the join with some latex for extra support.

Ill let everybody know tomorrow!

Thanks again for all your help!

Thats weird, is that true latex or some kind of rubber ?

That's cool for the contact adhesive !

As far as I know, it was just standard latex I used.

BTW: The Contact glue works almost perfectly, even on painted areas, great stuff! I guess the glued parts could still be pulled away, but it would take a bit of force, but at least they aren't just going to fall off. Might back the joins up with some latex for extra strength!

thanks!

Richard

MonsieurTox said:

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Thats weird, is that true latex or some kind of rubber ?

That's cool for the contact adhesive !