Sticking Down Silflor
Not sure how many of you have used these realistic 'grass' type products on your bases. But those of you who have - what glue do you use to stick them down ? I had problems with PVA type mixes that I use for my scatter or static grass - it just never seems to stick the silflor down quickly enough, so now I'm using superglue and it seems to work...

I hadn't come across this product before. Clearly lots of possibilities if you can stick it down! It is available in the UK at: http://www.barrule.com/workshop/scratch%20builders%20paradise/Silflor.html

More and more people seem to be using this stuff. Personally, I think it makes grass look way too high and bushy, but then I've been told off before for thinking that every battlefield looks like an Eton playing field...

I use "Scatter Grip" glue, as shown third down here: http://www.barrule.com/workshop/scratch%20builders%20paradise/glue,%20kleber,%20colle,%20colla,%20pegamento.html for all flock, static grass, and even Silflor tufts.

Hi Ec, I too have started to use silfor recently and use your ordinary everyday UHU glue for the silfor patches. To over come the problem of too much long grass, I combine silfor and static grass. I stick one or two patches of slfor on, say, every second base of a unit. Once these have been glued and the glue has dired, I then add random patches of pva and add static grass. O

Greystreak - I wonder what sort of compound 'scatter grip glue' is ? I followed your link before to buy the tufts, so thanks for that. I've used the method recommended by Orange and combined the tufts with static grass and other vegetation. So far I have been quite tentative and rebasing my 15mm Napoleonic Brits. Will try you UHU suggestion - tho the superglue does seem to work. Giles - I dont think the tufts are too long although obviously you can get them in varying lengths. To me they represent the clumps of grass you get on moorland or small bushes... EC

Eclaireur, Scatter Grip is a slightly more viscous form of PVA, and it's use in flocking is well described in the 'How To' information pages at Jed Norton's site http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/Extras/extras-flocking.htm. The cool things about it are: 1) it turns 'blue' temporarily, so you can see where you brushed it on the bases (but dries clear); 2) it stays soft, tacky, and workable for up to 2 hours (handy for muliple 'layers' of basing--sand, rocks, flock, static grass, etc.); and 3) it holds the materials as strongly as any other glue, and cleans up with water. Try it, and see; it's not very expensive. :lol:

Giles - I dont think the tufts are too long although obviously you can get them in varying lengths. To me they represent the clumps of grass you get on moorland or small bushes... Indeed, and they certainly look good on Greystreak's Russians. May have to take another look; I wonder what colour would be most authentic for 1780s South Carolina 8)