I'm gluing foam to latex paint. The room temp is around 63degrees. I only used about a 3rd of a tube. Is there any way to preserve the rest?
I put some plastic wrap around the end and secured it with a rubber band. Should keep for a long time like that.
Reminds me of somebody's "signature line" on another forum I read from time to time. It's the famous one about the optimist, the pessimist, and the glass: where the optimist says the glass is half full and the pessimist says it's half empty. Okay so far? This fellow has next "The engineer says the glass is twice the size it needs to be." He'd say you should have bought a smaller tube. Regards, Pete Davies
If you didn't cut to much of the tip of the tube off, find a screw or nail as long as the spout and dia. of the spout hole and insert it into the spout. Then use the plastic rap and a rubberband. It will harden but getting the nail down into the tube will get you extra life. Nothing Waisted.
Steve, I use a medium size wire nut, one sized for 2-3 #12 AWG wires. Just screw it down onto the tip until it's tight. Works best if there's a little goop on the tip which will form a seal with the nut threads. I've had Liquid Nails Projects/Foam last for more than a year sealed that way. If you don't have one in your junk boxes, one of your electrician friends should have tons...they're very inexpensive and come 100+ to the box.
When you cut off the tip, put a 3" nail in the inside tip. When done shove the nail & tip back into the plast tube ( I saw my dad do this when I was a kid). I do this and it will normally keep for about a week.
I'm a 16 penny nail guy myself. I've used the stuff 6 months after I opened up a tube. A bit stiff at first but you can get 'er to flow after a few broken knuckles. Heck the price is reasonable so I wouldn't sweat a half tube going hard if the daily build plans don't call for using the whole thing. Happily it's one of those rare cheap modeling supplies we all in search of. Brian
As for how long latex liquid nails takes to dry, give the old overnight rest. Check it int he morning. If it's not moving any more, you can prolly proceed. I used LN for construction to glue my track to the cork roadbed. Overnight usually does the trick.
I seal the tube end with a nail. Preferably the double headed nail used to make concrete forms. Drying time varies, foam to wood dries fast, foam to foam dries slow. I layered some foam for a mountain on my layout using latex liquid nails. Three months later I had to remove a portion of the mountain and found the liquid nails had only dried about an inch in from the edge with the center still wet. No evaporation between the foam layers.
I've been using a tight fitting deck screw for a long time,it works great,but the wirenut idea sounds really interesting,probably at least as good,cleaner,and easier.
