Underlay, what's your poison ?
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Phil O
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I'm just starting an experiment by using foam board as a track base. I have started by sticking my Templot print out to it using spray mount and have stuck copper clad sleepers down using 151 general purpose glue, for the inset track and plywood sleepers using Tacky Glue for the normal track work.
Sully
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Re the latex glue......I've bought 500ml pots (sold as theatrical skin or similar) off of EBay.....much cheaper than actual Copydex, but it looks, feels and ....smells just like it.
I've tried it on the new Peco Bullhead and seems to give pretty good results, the main thing being it basically is a 'permanent fix' for the permenant way.....where as pva can be released by pouring hot water over the track.
Ok.....I never use the track again....but as everything is laid on top of cork sheets, after a few moments with a spatula the track bed or cork is as good as new.
As for sound deadening, I cant see that it makes any difference, certainly not in 4mm anyway where I can hardly hear anything anyway.
I've tried it on the new Peco Bullhead and seems to give pretty good results, the main thing being it basically is a 'permanent fix' for the permenant way.....where as pva can be released by pouring hot water over the track.
Ok.....I never use the track again....but as everything is laid on top of cork sheets, after a few moments with a spatula the track bed or cork is as good as new.
As for sound deadening, I cant see that it makes any difference, certainly not in 4mm anyway where I can hardly hear anything anyway.
Alan
Western Thunderer
Can any of you who have used the Woodland Scenics foam underlay tell me what glue did you use to stick it down. Did you use the Foam Tack Glue as suggested on the packet or PVA or some other adhesive? I normally use Gorilla glue version of PVA. And what glue to stick the track to the underlay?
Alan
Western Thunderer
Decided to do the sensible thing and reread the whole thread. I should have done that before posting my question in the previous post. Having now re -read the thread I've decided to use Copydex. I thought if I do make a mistake it will be far easier to correct than if I used Gorilla glue.
simond
Western Thunderer
I find latex also avoids the problem that PVA turns granite chippings greenish
The stuff I used came from screwfix - it’s already runny, add only a little water, then drip it on to already-misted ballast. https://www.screwfix.com/p/mapei-la...MIr4K9haLm4wIVBLTtCh3MGATVEAQYAyABEgKr4vD_BwE
I’m sure other sources exist.
Atb
Simon
Edit - smellchecker & add reference
The stuff I used came from screwfix - it’s already runny, add only a little water, then drip it on to already-misted ballast. https://www.screwfix.com/p/mapei-la...MIr4K9haLm4wIVBLTtCh3MGATVEAQYAyABEgKr4vD_BwE
I’m sure other sources exist.
Atb
Simon
Edit - smellchecker & add reference
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Boyblunder
Western Thunderer
Just a heads up not to use photo spray mount for gluing Templot profiles. A couple of months later, just as you think you have finished everything it will come unstuck as proved on Love Lane yet again last week. Carpet underlay spray may well be fine but you will have to get the alignment right first time. Robin
Phil O
Western Thunderer
Spray mount seems to be ok for sticking Templot templates to foamboard, but rubbish for sticking foamboard to plywood baseboards. I had to remove what track I had laid and remove the foamboard. Since sticking the foamboard down with pva and the templates with spray mount, so far all seems to be ok.
76043
Western Thunderer
With regards to foamboard, Scalescenes recommend glue sticks for card to paper glueing, as foamboard is a coated card surface this would also seem to apply. I've just completed one Scalescenes model with glue sticks and a month in all is well... fingers crossed!
My experience with spray mount was the old Letraset permanent type, (brown or red can I think?) this was the only stuff that didn't come unstuck, unlike the Letraset blue can.
Tony
My experience with spray mount was the old Letraset permanent type, (brown or red can I think?) this was the only stuff that didn't come unstuck, unlike the Letraset blue can.
Tony
Lancastrian
Western Thunderer
Gents,
See my post on Page 2 of this thread, reply #32.
Aerosol carpet adhesive will let go eventually. UHU contact adhesive spread over your choice of underlay is best for Templot plans from my experience.
Ian
See my post on Page 2 of this thread, reply #32.
Aerosol carpet adhesive will let go eventually. UHU contact adhesive spread over your choice of underlay is best for Templot plans from my experience.
Ian
Osgood
Western Thunderer
........For brown paper I was simply going to leave the Templot template in place with an appropriate edge, pretty much along the lines you've shown, of course, I need a trainset first to try all of this out
MD
Ok having a huge roll of top quality brown wrapping paper (BWP) leads me to wonder if Templot plans could be printed direct to the BWP.
It’s a few steps down the road yet but I guess folks get their plans printed at a commercial print shop on a long roll of their standard plain white paper?
It looks like the BWP is coated - so probably unsuitable for modern printing methods.
I probably won’t find a print shop prepared to try a long sheet of BWP through their mega-costly printer!
On the other hand the commercial print shops have some very interesting plan printing material available - plasticised, coated, re-enforced, etc so there may well be the perfect material out there for track plan prints using Dave’s very interesting method.
(OK, OK, I’m worried the BWP won’t be strong enough
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