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Add me to the Elmer's Glue people. Normally it's like 60% Elmer's glue and then 40% water for me.

Also didn't know about scoring the bases before applying flock and whatnot, that certainly explains why all of my basing has been coming off recently!

I'm an Elmer's Glue and water man.
Is Elmer's Glue an international product?

Zip Napalm wrote:Is Elmer's Glue an international product?

The brand isn't. But PVA glue is pretty universal.

Wood glue and PVAs in general are pretty "Ehh", they only get a good hold on porous surfaces which doesn't include rocks, sand, plastic, metal, resin, or anything that still has mold release on it. I'm lazy and clumsy so I my priority is fast setting, and strong bonding. For my money 3M low odor med-viscosity Cyanoacrylate (LO1000) is probably the single adhesive I could never live without, and their kicker (AC09) is pretty worthwhile too. Both 2 part epoxies and 2 part urethanes have their uses too, but honestly a thicker CA will do more than you can ever possibly ask of it. I'm a right tool for the job kinda person and PVA on plastic just feels too much like the modeling equivalent of Bondo over rusted out quarter panels IMO.

It comes in a white bottle with green writing and red boarded and applicator... but the bottoms split so now it has to glue itself shut again and again.
It's PVA and it works Brill~!

You know what works awesome? Vallejo basing pumice It has this neat sandy texture and all I need to do is add rocks, stick plastic bits on it and such. Wet your hands and mold it at will, make it more compact to resemble a concrete floor or try to make it more like a "sand dune".

Yes, that's all I need to do! Place the model on top of it until it dries out. No glue needed. Maintain balance using other figures or other objects for about 6 hours if need be. They fall to the floor and show no signs of breaking, even on my tiptoeing figures.

Then again, the one I use is out of production, I'm not sure if the new ones have the same effects but why shouldn't they?

Be carefull tough, they take a while to fully dry out deep on the inside, keep this in mind and avoid fiddling with those bits you stuck on it for some 2 days or it might detach from the plastic base.

+1 for Aileen's Tacky Glue, but I recommend adding a bit of water, and then spraying a clear coat over to seal.