Thread: Carpet Latex Tip - My new friend

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So anyone who has worked with carpet latex knows how incredibly sticky this stuff is. Not sure if it's new or not but it's new for me so here's my tip.

The other day I was in Home Depot and I found the carpet latex seem sealer in a tube. That plus a small paint brush and wow, no more mess. In fact, I didn't even wear gloves.

Paint the spot, stick the paper towel, paint over.... awesome

That's a great idea. Time to go to Home Depot!

How much does the tube cover? Is it enough for an entire skeleton?

So you just used the sealer?
Carpet latex drives me nuts with the stickyness.

Cool! Any pics?

Is this the product you used?

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

I'm keeping a close eye on these latex discussions, as I am getting close to the "corpsing" step on some groundbreakers I am building!

An entire skeleton, no but get a few tubes. Well I should qualify that. Corpsing a cheap plastic skeleton then probably yes. Building your own skeleton, I don't think so. In the pic below, I used about half a tube if that gives you an idea.

Yes on the sealer, Yes on a pic (below), and yes on the product although mines in a blue bottle (maybe I went to Lowes?)

I didn't use the applicator tip though, I cut the tip to the size I wanted.

Nice diamond plate tool box ya got there ! What kind of skull are you using on the skeleton ? Thx !

Lol, thanks very much. I have a nice little space.

I made the skull with paper mache, so I haven't finished the mouth (I'm waiting on my teeth )

If you look in the far left of the back ground you see two skull molds that I use for my mache.