Hot Glue?

[EsotericForest]

So I'm thinking about making some fake rocks, or a fake rock wall, using the styrofoam technique. So from the one video I saw, the guy was using "liquid nails" to bind the styrofoam together. What I was wonder is, would it be acceptable to use hot glue?

Thanks

[Pendragon]

Hi mate,

It would melt.

Jay

[EsotericForest]

Just tried a quick test run with a couple pieces, it seemed to just fine and didn't help. Even if it did, it probably helped it bind a little better anyway.

[haunted-havoc]

depends on the hot glue gun. generally cheaper ones dont get as hot so these can be fine. but more expensive ones can get too hot and will melt the Styrofoam.

if in doubt you can put abit on a lollypop stick wait 5 seconds and then use it 2 smear in between it will have enough time to cool down to not melt the foam.

no nails would be a better choice imo though

[Meko]

yeah no problem with it, put it on the back board and then glue the polystyrene to it. The heat is to melt the glue from the glue stick to turn it 'gluey'. It's not hot for long enough to melt the polystyrene

[EsotericForest]

Well I just built my first rock cave, and I used hot glue...just had to unplug it from time to time so it wouldn't get overly hot. I'll post pictures soon.