Latex Carpet Adhesive Corpse

[The Watcher]

The Skelly looks good. Did you stain it also, or is that just the dried glue color.

Well when they started meeting the environmental regulations. They changed it It isn't like the old thick greenish colored stuff. That stuff would stick your mother in law to a wall. But now it is mostly water. So since the bubble wrap isn't pores, it forces the water to come to the top. Where I would recommend in for non pores surfaces. The water coming up through the top can ruin a detailed finish. If you ever put sheet vinyl on concrete. You will notice,even after it is rolled bubbles will start to rise. but they will go down as long as they were not there at first. The first bubbles are air. The ones that rise are gas. Either way they will dry in time.

Originally Posted by Bone Dancer

First off thats a nice looking corpse you got there, good job.

As for carpet adhesive, I have heard there is a fast drying one sold at Lowes the name of which i can't remember right now (something 88 or 808 ) As far as the stuff getting sticky again when warm I would think it would be a function of what it was put on and how much it was absorbed into it. I am sure the burlap absorbed a lot more then the bubble wrap plastic, which didnt absorb any of it. I tried carpet adhesive one time and just bit the bullet and paid the price for the latex.

[susan from creepy hollow]

Originally Posted by RoxyBlue

Well done - he looks positively venerable

Did you have any problems with the carpet adhesive drying? I've seen other comments on the Forum about how it can take days to dry properly.

the Henry brand from Lowes dries to the touch within 24 hours!

[JohnnyAppleseed]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

The Skelly looks good. Did you stain it also, or is that just the dried glue color.

Sorry Watcher, missed your question...yes, I did stain it, used a Minwax Walnut water based stain...also I used a flat black spray paint in some ofthe areas I wanted to shadow or just a little darker before hitting it with the stain.

[pagan]

Looks great.. I tried a similar technique with a blucky last year and the thicker areas remained squishy for quite awhile.. I have a couple of buckies coming and I am going to try liquid nails on one of them.

[IMU]

Very nice work on it!

[Lunatic]

Looks great Johnny! I love the simplicity to the skin effect along with twine for tendons. That's something that I could actually do since I've never been clever enough to create corpse props. Thanks for sharing!

[MattCoon]

Originally Posted by susan from creepy hollow

the name brand is Henry, and it's like $13.00 a gallon!

Do you use the indoor (Henry 356) or outdoor (Henry 663) type? The indoor says it is solvent-free and low odor, so I assume that's the batter choice...

[JohnnyAppleseed]

Originally Posted by MattCoon

Do you use the indoor (Henry 356) or outdoor (Henry 663) type? The indoor says it is solvent-free and low odor, so I assume that's the batter choice...

MattCoon, I use the Henry 356.

[niblique71]

The pictures must have been taken down. I was hoping to get another look at your corpse.

I'm beginning to use Henry 663 and 356 on a few props and I do like how inexpensive it is compared to "good" mold latex. The effects are GREAT when using cotten fabric. THe fabric does seem to improve the drying time by absorbing the moisture. But I'm still dissapointed at the drying time.

There must be a chemist in here that can recommend a curing agent for this kind of Latex/Glue. I've done some research and such chemicals seem to be available. I'd love to know if Latex paint might improve the dry time??? or some other household chemical or product that could make this carpet glue cure at a faster rate.

Last year I did use the indoor (356) on a large prop, and spray painting a light coat on it did seem to help it dry a little faster in certain areas. I also tried mixing sawdust into it to add some texture. That did seem to improve the dry time as well. All in all, the only thing dissapointing about this type of latex/glue is the dry time. It's a fantastic medium for corpsing and chicken wire/cloth props.

Here are some shrooms that I'm working on Inspired by Rehnefan using chicken wire, hardware cloth, carpet latex, and cotten fabric.

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[Rahnefan]

RahneFan actually but good job. And your mushrooms rule.