[BKARTS] the right glue

[Janet Lee <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try looking through www.thistothat.com a Canadian site that lists
recommended glues for various applications.
Janet Lee

At 09:10 AM 1/13/2005, you wrote:
> Good morning everyone
>
>
> I would like to ask a question about glue.... although this question is
> not about glue use for a book, but perhaps it could be for an innovative
> bookbinder..
>
> This involves the plastic vertical blinds over my sons patio doors.
> He had this great idea of cutting a poster into 3 1/4 inch strips and
> gluing to the vanes.
> This we did yesterday......and I cooked up a batch of wheat paste for
> the job.
> It looked  fabulous when done...
> But it was a short-lived grand idea...
> 2 hrs. later, the paper was becoming undone and it looked to me I should
> have slopped the glue onto the plastic instead of onto the poster
> strips. Son wanted to be able to "undo" this process should he tire of
> the idea or move.
> So now I'm thinking, the paper stretched and shrunk in the drying process.
>
> Do you have any idea what would be a good glue for this process, as I am
> prepared to re-do this idea the right way with the right glue.
> Methyl cellulose?
>
> margaret in alberta
> freezing  at  minus 40F

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