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Inventory

Hello friend. As you may or may not know, we have a paint cabinet. Inside said cabinet are a lot of adhesives. Choosing the correct one can make or break your career. Just kidding. It'll make or break your prop. Multiple times.The adhesives we have at the moment are:

• E6000--industrial strength adhesive. Look at the back. Also look at safety warnings. 
• Gorilla Glue--a step above liquid nails. Very strong adhesive. 
• Liquid Nails--a multipurpose adhesive come down from olympus. Very good for attaching building materials e.g. ceramic, wood or stone.
• Mutipurpose Spray adhesive--good for wood, foam, and looots of things. Check the back.
• Wood Glue--great for wood. Yep.
• Hot Glue--basically magic. Multipurpose–not the best for bonding wood together (although okay for added support). Beautiful for cardboard, felt, etc.
  • can be used to bond things together and create stylistic/descorative touches on a prop.
• Styro Glue--good for styrofoam. Yep.
• Modge Podge--works as a sealer, glue, or a finish. Check the back. Too weak for building materials.
• Elmer's Glue--paper, felt, and crafty things like that.
• Glue Sticks--I will trust you to use these properly. I'm sure you know what for.

Not in inventory, but recommended: 2 part Epoxy--on the same level as gorilla glue and liquid nails.

Recommended Adhesives (In order of probable bond strength)

Wood

• E6000?
• 2 part expoxy
• Gorilla glue
• liquid nails
• wood glue
• multipurpose spray adhesive

Ceramic/Stone

• E6000?
• 2 part expoxy
• Gorilla glue
• liquid nails

Paper/Felt

• Hot glue (probably felt only)
• Modge Podge(?)
• Styro glue
• Elmer's glue
• Glue sticks (please: paper only)

You could use something stronger, but that would be overkill, and would probably have adverse effects.

Styrofoam

• Multipurpose spray adhesive
• Hot glue
• Styro Glue

Adhesive Application

Wood (Similar for Ceramic/Stone)

• Make sure to appropraitely sand all the edges/faces of the wooden prop before gluing.
• Add an appropriate amount of glue to the two surfaces to be bonded together.
• Put the two surfaces together, and clamp together for the amount of time specified on the adhesive container.
  • probable clamping time: 1-2 hours
  • Use actual clamps
  • If wood is of irregular shape, consider drilling screws in to hold prop together and simultaneously act as a clamping mechanism.
  • Human clamps work as a last resort/if drilling in a screw is too dangerous for a delicate prop.
• Even after clamping is done, make sure to avoid stressing joints of prop for 24 hours (check adhesive container for specific timing)