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gluing aluminium foil to plastic?

I am trying to find a BRUSH ON type glue to adhere aluminium foil to a plastic model. scotch super 77 works great but dries way to fast and blows small pieces all over. white glue just dont work and superglue eats the plastic. I could use some help

Answer:

white glue will work if you dilute it 50% with water... they also sell an adhesive in craft stores for gluing down gold leaf... and of course Bare-Metal sells foil with an adhesive backing.... at one time they also sold a foil adhesive...
It seems very unlikely that any glue that requires evaporation of a substance (solvent, such as petroleum or other organic, water, etc.) is going to work gluing any but the smallest piece of foil to plastic (where it can cure from the foil edges). Neither the foil nor most plastics will allow evaporation from anywhere but the edges. A two part substance or an contact cement that you dry first before application would seem necessary.
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