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Safe adhesives

Post: # 20970Post Yestordsd287
Wed May 10, 2017 7:15 pm

I am moving my Odontomachus queen to a small homemade outworld so she can have her semi-claustral nature. I was told to paste the test tube to the base of the outworld, so i wanted to know some of the most common and easy to find non toxic adhesives for ants? And do things like Play Doh work or not?

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Re: Safe adhesives

Post: # 20972Post Martialis
Wed May 10, 2017 7:26 pm

Playdoh and clay work fine. School glue is another thing you could use.
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Post: # 20973Post Yestordsd287
Wed May 10, 2017 7:33 pm

Martialis wrote:
Wed May 10, 2017 7:26 pm
Playdoh and clay work fine. School glue is another thing you could use.
So i can use school glue, clay and play doh to paste down the test tube

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Post: # 20974Post Martialis
Wed May 10, 2017 7:40 pm

Yup.
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Post: # 20975Post Yestordsd287
Wed May 10, 2017 7:56 pm

Martialis wrote:
Wed May 10, 2017 7:40 pm
Yup.
And do you believe it eould be good to paste a test tube to te floor of a plastic container used as outworld? And if it is with what sould i paste it, play doh or school glue? If with school glue how do i change the water and clean it?

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Post: # 20976Post Martialis
Wed May 10, 2017 8:23 pm

The play doh/clay would probably work better for this,
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Post: # 20979Post Yestordsd287
Wed May 10, 2017 9:03 pm

Martialis wrote:
Wed May 10, 2017 8:23 pm
The play doh/clay would probably work better for this,
Ok thanks and the thing that bugs me bow is that play doh is hard to dry up and clay dries up easily... so which one better?

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Re: Safe adhesives

Post: # 20982Post Martialis
Wed May 10, 2017 9:50 pm

Clay usually; it doesn't crack.
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Post: # 21009Post Yestordsd287
Thu May 11, 2017 11:20 am

Martialis wrote:
Wed May 10, 2017 9:50 pm
Clay usually; it doesn't crack.
Thanks but after putting the testtube inside the outworld i pressed down the tuba against the dirt and it stuck. Still thanks for the help

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