Hi Terry,
Thanks for your comments and for your help.
We hope to apply stain this coming weekend, to create a better look. And I hope to take some better shots, rather than in a dark garage.
I think there may be different white glue formulations? We use a white glue labeled "wood glue" (in Japanese). It smells like the white glue I'm familiar with -- though when dry it seems to create a stronger bond. We are using a lot. The faces lifted at the ends at first, so we put an extra dab under each end. Though we smooth the dab flat it remains a thick smear. On drying, we put spacers over the faces to keep them flush, and lately also run some bungee cord around the frame (can be seen in some of the new pics added today,
here.)
After about 18 hours the entire unit is rigid and strong. As to 'normal styrofoam' there is a mixup on the brand name. XPS/EPS is styrofoam. There are beaded and extruded types. "Expanded polystyrene beads" (like a coffee cup) is the classic white styrofoam, which crunches when cut with a knife. This stuff in my experience doesn't white glue as well as "extruded" types like XPS/EPS. Check the wiki "styrofoam".
I think there is an advantage in bonding two flat surfaces with a good surface area/weight ratio. Liquid nails, what type of adhesive is it?
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Originally Posted by terry j  looks wonderful xenon, well done indeed. I doubt normal styrofoam is any 'different' than what you used, liquid nails etc does not seem to affect normal styrofoam. Funnily enough, I found white glue to not adhere that well to it, maybe I didn't leave it long enough? |