Paper to plastic - best glue to use?

Hi!

        Many years ago, When I started this hobby I used to fish B.B. damaged models out of a fountain. After cleaning I would use fine typewriter paper and Tenax or Testors liquid glue. Holding the paper tight to the surface created a perfect weld. No one realized after painting that I had repaired stuff that way.

       Now for what you are doing I would use one of the contact cements that is thin enough It doesn't leave any lumps. I have run across a "White(Clear Glue) in a kit I was given that does the same thing. I don't know what it is, But, you may find it at Hobby Lobby!

       I did an experiment lately. I bought a package of paper at Dollar General. After testing it's permeability I tried it on a test hulk I have. The results were very gratifying.The cheap paper soaked up the glue and stuck nice and permanently to the plastic.After set-up and that took at least two days.I sanded(YES, sanded the edges) and painted with an out of bottle MR.Surfacer 500 primer/surfacer with 600 grit WET. I then put on a finish coat. I Couldn't tell there was a difference in plastic material and the paper area, where I had removed plastic behind, before applying the paper!

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Use the best Industrial Adhesives Glue  that is gorilla glue or loctite glue, or else you may use glue sticks.

Cadet Chuck,

Made a trip to Home Depot and picked up a small bottle of contact cement.  Tried it out on some scrap plastic and it worked great!  Super bond, didn't later the paper and it is flush to the model.  Great suggestion thank you for the help!

Hello!

You could also soften the plastic with acetone, and put the paper on (you can make corrections), then just apply some pressure and leave to dry. This method also worked for me to attach fine copper mesh to polystyrene. Hope it helps, have a nice day

Paweł

Awesome suggestions, thank you gents much appreciated!

That is a tough one.  Most glues will be absorbed into the paper and change its appearance.  Two options that I can think of.  Simplest is glue stick. I have had some success with that in fastening paper to a model without affecting paper. Otherwise, you can experiment and find some way to seal paper without changing its appearance (seal BACK of paper).  Some clearcoats will soak into paper- others may not.

Maybe contact cement- you can get it from any hardware store.  You brush it on thinly but thoroughly covering both surfaces, and let it dry to the touch.  When you stick them together and apply pressure, you will have a lifetime bond, but be careful- you only get one chance at placing the parts together correctly.  You can't slip and slide them around as you would a decal.

I would make the deck material oversized all around, then when finished, trim the excess with a sharp knife.

As always, test with a couple pieces of scrap first, to be sure it is compatable with the paper deck material.