Woodland Scenics ReadyGrass Vinyl Mat

Why not use their (Woodland Scenics) product...???

@dkdkrd posted:

Why not use their (Woodland Scenics) product...???

Didn't have it so I looked around for household adhesives.

John

Did you ever have experience with the green coming off in your hand?

John - yea I have experienced that. It doesn't bother me much because where I have the mats, I use them as a base for further ground cover which means more glue is applied over the mat. If you feel it necessary just spray some matte medium or scenic glue over the mat areas with issues. If you have scraps (see below) you can scrap off the grass and apply it to 'thinned out areas'.
I think part of the reason is that the ground cover is designed to be scrapped off the mat in areas where one wants to place say a dirt path or a road.

Thanks Joe,

John

Follow-up

To deal with the green flocking coming off the Woodland Scenics ReadyGrass Vinyl Mat anytime you touch it I looked for a spray that would NOT impart a shine.

I ended up using Krylon 5547 Flat Crystal Clear

One light coat solved the problem.  The key was to buy "FLAT" and not MATTE in terms of the shine.

John

2nd Follow-up:

After discovering that the green flocking STILL comes off all over your fingers and anything else that touches it I gave it a heavier second coat and allowed it to dry.

Even after a second coat the green stuff still comes off.

Conclusion:  Horrible mistake to use this mat on a layout.  Besides being difficult to glue down the green flocking comes off even if you coat it with a spray.  Once it is glued down you are stuck with it.  I would recommend NOT buying it.  Use indoor-outdoor carpeting or something else.

John

I used double sided tape.  Worked great for me, no problems at all.

@William 1 posted:

I used double sided tape.  Worked great for me, no problems at all.

My biggest complaint was not the difficulty gluing it (I used Gorilla Glue with weights as suggested by Ken Hoganson in his book 21 Great Track Plans for Compact Layouts).

My biggest complaint was the "grass" coming off even after two coats of spray as I described.

John

Maybe you got bad batch.  A lot of that going around these days.  I never sprayed it and used it on 4 layouts I built and was always happy with it.

@William 1 posted:

Maybe you got bad batch.  A lot of that going around these days.  I never sprayed it and used it on 4 layouts I built and was always happy with it.

Good to know.  I gave up trying to call Woodland Scenics.  You have to leave a message and no one returns your calls.  They also never responded to my emails.

Happy you had good results with yours.  I have had good results with other Woodland Scenics products, just not with this one.

John