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Re: Gluing the strips
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 4/30/1998, 5:13 pm

White glue is a dairy product, and not waterproof. Elmer's is made by Borden, and even has a picture of a bull (how they give milk, I dunno) on the bottle.

The dark glue is usually aliphatic resin, and is water resistant when it dries, even though it can be thinned with (warm) water.

> I prefer using epoxy as a glue, but I usually use dark "white
> glue".

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Re: Gluing the strips
Mark Kanzler -- 4/30/1998, 5:13 pm