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Default Adhesive for polyethylene sheeting

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:16:26 -0700, mglacy wrote:

I'm putting polyethylene sheeting on the floor of a crawlspace. My
plan is to run it up the walls (concrete block) and glue it to the
wall to seal and adhere it. Can someone recommend a good adhesive for
this application? Predictably, perhaps, water-based adhesives don't
work; I've had some luck with one of the Liquid Nails (tm) products
(hydrocarbon solvent, not water), but while that was ok, it was not
great. The difficulty, perhaps needless to say, is finding something
that adheres well to the poly.

Thanks,
Mike Lacy
Fort Collins CO


Poly-plastic sheeting always seems to rot over time or get cut. I might
put small anchors in the walls and tie it up to the wall using grommets in
the sheeting so if it were to get damaged it would be easier to replace.

http://www.nextag.com/plastic-grommet/search-html
http://www.mockett.com/default.asp?id=329
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...ateg oryName=