Reply to "Glue holding coal on MTH Premier steam locomotive tender?"

harmonyardsOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I highly doubt it’s any kind water soluble glue like plain ol fashion white glue....the preconception that since we use white glue for scenery purposes, it must be what they use for coal piles in tenders is not 100% reliable....the engineers that design these toys have to take in consideration storage, humidity, and overall climate....besides, white glue has a much lower adhesion characteristic than a chemical glue would have....my bet is it’s some sort of thinned down epoxy.....otherwise, anybody in any kind of uncontrolled environment that keeps his/her trains in would have mounds falling off.....white glue is easily picked away....sometimes I use white glue as a paint mask for super intricate areas.....easily picked away and peeled off.......

I’ve got an email into one of the MTH engineers.....we’ll get to the bottom of this ( coal pile ) 😄

Pat

9/25/2011:55 AM

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