A hot glue gub tail??

[The Young Mermaid]

Has anyone ever tried hot gluing a scale pattern on a fabric tail? I looked it up on google, but I couldn't find anything. All comments are welcome. Thanks! :confused:

[Blondie]

I've tried hot glue with fixes on a fabric tail. In my experiences, it doesn't hold up great in water. Buy a tube of E6000

[The Young Mermaid]

What is that?

[telzey.amberdon]

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[Mermaid Marissa]

What is that?

It's an industrial grade glue. They have them in ALL craft stores :) It's a fantastic glue that is flexible, waterproof, and permanent! It heat cures (I typically use a hair dryer to cure it) It's pretty inexpensive but it is messy so I recommend playing with it a bit before you put it on your tail. If you'd like you can message me here with questions :) good luck!

[ShyMer]

Are you asking if you can mold with the hot glue itself? Like make scales out of the hot glue?

[The Young Mermaid]

No, just make lines of hot glue on the tail to make scales.

[Winged Mermaid]

Hot glue on fabric doesn't hold up well in water. It tends to unbond and flake off or come off in chunks.

[MerEmma]

Wouldn't E-6000 work?

[ShyMer]

I don't think it'd look very nice, though. I feel like you're better off painting it.

[The Young Mermaid]

I am also planning on putting glue on the extended part my fluke (past the monofin) to make it stiffer.

[The Young Mermaid]

On the inside of the fabric.

[MerEmma]

Yeah, you'd have to test techniques with it obviously. I haven't even opened my E6000 yet so I don't know much.

[Winged Mermaid]

E6000 is very goopy and stringy to work with. I don't have experience on how it holds up on fabric over time. If you want to use it for outside texturing on the tail or to make the monofin stiffer, dollar for ounce it's more economical to use caulking instead. Just remember neither of these are made for skin contact, and if you use it on a fabric tail the material will go through the fabric and have contact with your skin while you wear it. The warnings on E6000 are actually really scary (be sure to read the packaging and the tube) I'm very careful when I work with that stuff, and I don't put it on anything that will have direct skin contact. I've seen people use it to adhere sequins to tails instead of sewing, so apparently it does well enough initially with fabric. Read all the warnings and decide for yourself.

[Blondie]

Just putting it out there. I work with E6000 with bare hands. I don't have super sensitive skin though. I never had a problem with it. Basically if you rub your fingers together it balls up and you can flick it off. I would however NEVER let it sit on your skin longer than an hour. Once it starts curing I'm sure it has negative effects.

[The Young Mermaid]

Well, I want to put it on the fabric where I make the fluke shape. So it will not be on direct skin. I hope it works! :P