Can I use wallpaper paste to stick gravel to plastic sheeting?I want to make, as cheaply as possible, a Sempervivum roof for a bee house in my garden and thought I could us a plastic sheet, gravel stuck on that, then earth and the plants.What's the easiest and less smelliest (bees don't like smells) glue I can use? Will wallpaper paste do?Thanks for reading.
Wallpaper paste will not work in this application. It will turn to mush again as soon as moisture gets to it. Most adhesives that apply in liquid form will not work well, and almost all will have smell that remains for some time One adhesive that would work well both on plastic sheeting, have virtually no smell, and will remain solid under dirt is hot glue, but application is time-consuming, and you will have to be careful with the application temperature, as it has to stick onto the plastic, but not melt through it. A heavy-grade plastic sheet will be needed/ You have some choice in the melt points of the glue stick and can ask at the store about the lowest melt sticks they have. . The easiest solution to this might be a small craft-store glue gun and buy the sticks from them (or a dollar store) as they only use glue sticks that have a low melt point Before beginning your main work, practice applying the glue on a spare part of the sheeting and see how quickly you can work with it,
