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         There are many glues to use (and some to avoid) in dollhouse building and restoration.</p>
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   <name>Tacky Glue</name>
   <description>
      <p>The Tacky Glues don't drip much, they dry nearly clear, they are strong and quick, and they are easy to clean up with a damp rag</p>
      <p>My favorite dollhouse building glue is Aleene's Tacky Glue.  </p>
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   <image>assets/glue_tacky1.jpg</image>
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   <name>Carpenter's Glue</name>
   <description>
      <p>Strong, quick adhesion, and easy clean-up.  The yellowish color is visible in the glue-excess</p>
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   <image>assets/glue_carpenters.jpg</image>
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   <name>Urethane Glue</name>
   <description>
      <p>Extreme strength.  The glue foams just before setting and makes a drippy mess that is impossible to clean up.  It will be on your hands for four days!</p>
      <p>Not suitable for dollhouse building.</p>
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   <image>assets/glue_urethane.jpg</image>
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   <name>Super Glue</name>
   <description>
      <p>The instant-bond glues are tricky to use and always have the risk of gluing your fingers together or your eyelids shut.  </p>
      <p>May be used for tiny assemblies or miniatures.  Not suitable for building a dollhouse.</p>
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   <image>assets/glue_super.jpg</image>
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   <name>Hot Melt Glue</name>
   <description>
      <p>A trigger or your thumb pushes the glue sticks into a heat chamber in the gun where it is heated to the melting point and squirts out the tip in a hot stream.  The glue will burn your fingers. </p>
      <p>Except for die-cut houses, it is not suitable for building the house.  It is valuable for brackets and in dots along with tacky glue for trim.  I use it for shingling sometimes.  </p>
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   <image>assets/glue_hotmelt.jpg</image>
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   <name>Panel Cement</name>
   <description>
      <p>Comes in a calking-gun tube that you snip the tip and poke a small hole through a seal at the base of the tip.  It is my first choice for shingles, but you must choose a solvent-based glue.  Water-based ("water clean-up") glues will curl wooden shingles.</p>
      <p>Liquid nails #940 is solvent based, but #990 is "water clean-up"</p>
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   <image>assets/liquid_nails.jpg</image>
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   <name>Liquid Hide Glue</name>
   <description>
      <p>An antique glue with excellent characteristics for furniture building. It sets slowly and dries hard but brittle</p>
      <p>It has a short shelf life (you can't tell from the glue if it has gone past its service life... it just never dries); it is not a good choice for dollhouse building</p>
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   <image>assets/glue_hide.jpg</image>
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   <description>
      <p>Mix the paste according to the manufacturer's directions.  Spread it on the paper, then on the wall (this lets the paper soak up the moisture and expand slightly... helps prevent wrinkles)</p>

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   <image>assets/wallpaper_paste.jpg</image>
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   <name>Yes!</name>
   <description>
      <p>Yes! comes as a thick jell that you mix with water.  Very good adhesion, archival quality</p>
      <p>A top choice for wallpapering</p>
   </description>
   <image>assets/glue_yes.jpg</image>
   </object>
        
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   <name>Methyl Cellulose</name>
   <description>
      <p>It comes as a powder that you mix with water.  </p>
      <p>Along with Yes! paste, it is the only Wallpaper paste I recommend</p>
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   <image>assets/glue_paste.jpg</image>
      </object> 
          
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   <name>Border Applicator</name>
   <description>
      <p>This nifty applicator is designed for wallpaper borders</p>
      <p>It contains pre-mixed Methyl Cellulose... very easy</p>
   </description>
   <image>assets/glue_border.jpg</image>
      </object>     
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