I’m trying to find a glue for attaching wood to LGB ties because I’m building crossings on the railway this week The first test subjects are Sticky Ass Glue and Titebond III. I’ll give it 24 hours to dry. The wood and ties are under the piston on the left. More on Tuesday. .
rough up plastic and try Goop. Hard to find something that will glue their plastic to wood. If it is for looks only and not structural, use whatever will hold it in place.
Doug
The best thing I have found to glue plastic ties down with is 50 year acrylic caulk.
This is what I use to glue my track to the roadbed. For what you want to do I think
it would work. You could use clear silicone also. That stuff will hold anything.
Rodney
We’re using Loctite © Super Glue to attach wood to powder-coated steel. It sets up in 30 seconds, so you have to be quick. I don’t know how it will perform over the long haul, but it sure works well in the short haul.
Doug
I have found that Walther’s Goo bonds very well and held up while bonding different types of material. I never tried it in hot weather so it may not stay bonded ???
Your version might be better.
TOF in Hawaii
This is not a use of glue on plastic ties: On a bridge or trestle, I glue wood ties inbetween the LGB or Aristo ties. Then a strip of redwood the thickness (size) of the plastic ties, is then placed on the sides of the existing rail ties to prevent lateral movement. The visual result looks like the trestle track/ties I have seen in narrow gauge 1:1 railroad trestles and bridges.
This eliminates the adherence-to-plastic gambit and makes it easy to remove track if repair is needed - besides expansion is accomodated. But, expansion of track in lovely So.Calif., is not a big problem except for the heat of summer.
Wendell
Wendell, you live in La Mirada and I in Huntington Beach. Is there any Large Scale train stores around? The crazy guy (Morgan)has his place on Gothard south of Edinger that you can’t “shop” in but I know of no where else.
That’s a great idea on the ties pn bridges that I can use up here on the desert. I have a lot of shoft on a bridge that I’m constantly inspecting to keep a train from hitting it.
Just one suggestion, after trying Gorrilla Glue and Elmers Polyurethane, neither had a shelf life I could live with, but the adhesion was terrific, always let it set for 24 hrs.
Now am using PL (another Polyurethane) also with no shelf life, but spectacular holding poer and no foaming (like Gorilla and Elmers).
Barry - BBT