Elmers wood glue

RainbowBrite said:
Thank you. Is a hot glue safe? I tried looking for information about which hot glue to buy but could not find any actual brands.
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Most glue sticks for hot glue guns will be safe but I'd check the safety data sheet.

How wide are the stilts you are using? If they're too narrow, it just won't work to glue them unfortunately as there isn't enough surface area to form a bond. Ideally when making platforms you need to drill a hole for the stilts to sit in but it requires a Forstner drill bit or similar (and cork may fall apart when drilled).
 
RainbowBrite said:
Thank you. Is a hot glue safe? I tried looking for information about which hot glue to buy but could not find any actual brands.
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I've just looked it up - apparently it uses glue sticks or beads which don't have solvents, but melt and then set very hard again once in place. I've heard of people using a hot glue gun for various things, but from what I remember it's not that easy to do.
 
Daisy said:
Most glue sticks for hot glue guns will be safe but I'd check the safety data sheet.

How wide are the stilts you are using? If they're too narrow, it just won't work to glue them unfortunately as there isn't enough surface area to form a bond. Ideally when making platforms you need to drill a hole for the stilts to sit in but it requires a Forstner drill bit or similar (and cork may fall apart when drilled).
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They are 1cm wide. They are birch stilts. 20230703_105825.jpg
 
RainbowBrite said:
They are 1cm wide. They are birch stilts. View attachment 3249
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I think with 1cm stilts it will only work if the cork is at least about 3cm thick, and you can drill a shallow hole of about 1cm for the stilits to slot into. It wouldn't be stable otherwise, especially with a ceramic hide on it. Depending on how tall you want the platform to be, you could use wooden blocks or even bricks to prop the cork up.
 
Daisy said:
I think with 1cm stilts it will only work if the cork is at least about 3cm thick, and you can drill a shallow hole of about 1cm for the stilits to slot into. It wouldn't be stable otherwise, especially with a ceramic hide on it. Depending on how tall you want the platform to be, you could use wooden blocks or even bricks to prop the cork up.
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Thank you. The cork is 1cm so I guess it will not be suitable. I actually copied this idea as I have seen quite a few people try it. I will give it a miss. I do have enough wooden platforms but thought this may be a way of saving space in the cage.

I do not have a drill hence the glue idea. I can use the cork for a hamster to walk on if need be. :)
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RainbowBrite said:
Thank you. The cork is 1cm so I guess it will not be suitable. I actually copied this idea as I have seen quite a few people try it. I will give it a miss. I do have enough wooden platforms but thought this may be a way of saving space in the cage.

I do not have a drill hence the glue idea. I can use the cork for a hamster to walk on if need be. :)
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I think that cork would look lovely placed on top of one of those round birch houses :)
 
I was thinking that - if it's bigger than the house it might not stay put, or the edges break off. Maybe if you had wider 2cm stilts there would be enough surface area to glue them underneath - that might work. But as Daisy says, a ceramic sand bath could be a bit heavy for it. The problem with the wider stilts/dowels is they could be harder to cut if you need to change the length! Although you can buy them in different lengths.

These are 2cm diameter and 30cm long

 
The length is 25cm which would be okay as platform stilts. I am not going to use them or the cork to make a little platform. I wonder how other people use them to hold hides.
 
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