In the hall at church we have a number of "alcoves" for radiators and
the corners of the plastered "pillars" between them get bashed with
tables, etc.

I was thinking of sticking plastic extrusion to the corners to protect
them.

Two questions - best glue/adhesive to stick them on with
- how to prepare them so normal gloss paint stick and lasts

Thanks

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John Alexander, <><

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John wrote:

> In the hall at church we have a number of "alcoves" for radiators and
> the corners of the plastered "pillars" between them get bashed with
> tables, etc.
>
> I was thinking of sticking plastic extrusion to the corners to protect
> them.
>
> Two questions - best glue/adhesive to stick them on with
> - how to prepare them so normal gloss paint stick and lasts
>
> Thanks

We have them in school and just use PVA, undiluted. Spread the glue on
the plastic liberally, allow to get tacky then offer up, there isn't
much scope for re-aligning, but as they're angled it's easy to get the
right height.

All I do for painting them is use a fine grit wet 'n dry just to take
the gleam off, clean with a decent detergent, allow to dry, ready for
painting. Simple.

If you need to remove them in future use a long-bladed kitchen/carving
knife. We find they don't get knocked off at all, I presume the PVA
has a certain amount of give in it, but they can be prone to people
(kids) picking at the edges, so I now also run a thin bead of
decorators caulk down each edge and smooth it over with a wet finger.

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Paul - xxx

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Paul - xxx" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
> John wrote:
>
>> In the hall at church we have a number of "alcoves" for radiators and
>> the corners of the plastered "pillars" between them get bashed with
>> tables, etc.
>>
>> I was thinking of sticking plastic extrusion to the corners to protect
>> them.
>>
>> Two questions - best glue/adhesive to stick them on with
>> - how to prepare them so normal gloss paint stick and lasts
>>
>> Thanks
>
> We have them in school and just use PVA, undiluted. Spread the glue on
> the plastic liberally, allow to get tacky then offer up, there isn't
> much scope for re-aligning, but as they're angled it's easy to get the
> right height.
>
> All I do for painting them is use a fine grit wet 'n dry just to take
> the gleam off, clean with a decent detergent, allow to dry, ready for
> painting. Simple.

For PVC, the old solvent based gloss top coat applied directly
(no undercoat) was as good as you can get, as it solvent-welds
itself into the surface of the PVC (you can't even wipe a splash
off). I haven't tried it with the newer low volatile version,
but a test run might be in order.

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Andrew Gabriel
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> "Paul - xxx" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
> > John wrote:
> >
> >> In the hall at church we have a number of "alcoves" for radiators
> and >> the corners of the plastered "pillars" between them get bashed
> with >> tables, etc.
> >>
> >> I was thinking of sticking plastic extrusion to the corners to
> protect >> them.
> >>
> >> Two questions - best glue/adhesive to stick them on with
> >> - how to prepare them so normal gloss paint stick and lasts
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> > We have them in school and just use PVA, undiluted. Spread the
> > glue on the plastic liberally, allow to get tacky then offer up,
> > there isn't much scope for re-aligning, but as they're angled it's
> > easy to get the right height.
> >
> > All I do for painting them is use a fine grit wet 'n dry just to
> > take the gleam off, clean with a decent detergent, allow to dry,
> > ready for painting. Simple.
>
> For PVC, the old solvent based gloss top coat applied directly
> (no undercoat) was as good as you can get, as it solvent-welds
> itself into the surface of the PVC (you can't even wipe a splash
> off). I haven't tried it with the newer low volatile version,
> but a test run might be in order.

Never tried it, but come the summer holiday spruce-up ..

Thanks.

--
Paul - xxx