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Stones Mosaic

Ralph Berg said:
Andy Clarke said:
Yeah, Ralph, I knew that.... But, I haven't used the ""underscore"" in years.... I just use spaces...
:) Well the computer fairy or some software is adding the %20 for you. But I don't see how the LSC forum software would do it for you, and nobody else ;) Ralph
Ralph, me either.... But, i'm not complaining.... I can only tell you how it's working on my end....

However, I’m on this site mostly thru AOL, very seldom do I come this site thru IE…

Someone asked what my stones looked like so here is a couple construction photos:

(http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m489/jake3404/Grist%20Mill%20Project/32B6B653-B24C-44E9-B0D0-8EB2C0EDAB5A-275-0000001B9C6F9B77.jpg)

(http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m489/jake3404/Grist%20Mill%20Project/A0C1336B-4EF8-47FD-82BB-823F461B2134-275-0000001B9EDEC5CF.jpg)

NICE! What are you using for backing?

Its a polycarbonate choroplast. I got it in a 4’ x 8’ sheet at my local Menards. They use it a lot in greenhouses. Its a little more rigid than plane choroplast, which I wanted for this building. It is 22" long.

Gotcha! Good plan I got two election campaigns worth of coroplast in an outbuilding waiting for me…

Neat… I have a few election signs here too, but after over fifty years of building models in wood and metals, I’ve practically never used plastic. Yup, I guess I’m a throwback…:cool:

But I might be willing to try. It seems, like the twist, everybody’s doing it nowadays. :smiley:

Well, I did fold some coroplast up and use it for roofs, figures it’d keep the water out some, but to attach it I drove drywall screws right through it into the wooden structure. Not very pretty… And I haven’t figured out how to paint it for sure yet either. I’ve been experimenting with that… So far I can tell you that hailstones & hard snow blowing will scrape acrylic paint off Coroplast.

I have some supposedly plastic cement here that doesn’t seem to work at all, except on styrene to styrene, and like I said, what am I gonna use that for? Styrene breaks down PDQ in sunlight. aside from that I can’t seem to make make plastics stick together at all. I guess ACC would do acrylics, I dunno, I’d probably just use screws there as well… :frowning:

Anyway, can you help me? What would you guys use to stick coroplast to itself and/or to other materials? I’m sure if I had an answer I’d use up those old election signs! :slight_smile:

Thanks!:cool:

Lawn and Garden GOOP…I swear by it…I even glued the sole back on my work boot with it…

OK Bart!!! I’m going to get some. Thanks!!!

Half my stones were applied with Goop, and when I ran out I started using Loctites Power Grab. I know the Goop works as I’ve used it on most of my buildings. The Loctite stuff we shall see…