[Rockhounds] glue for TN boxes

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Pete,
I use thumbnail boxes with the foam insert in the base. I make my labels
about a quarter inch longer than the back of the box top so I can push it
down between the foam and the back of the box. Then it will stand up
without having to be glued to the back of the box. If the foam fits tightly
you may have to use a small knife blade to cut a slit so the cardboard
inserts easily.

Mineral tac also works reasonably well to stick labels to the boxes.

Hope this helps.
Kreigh




On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:01 PM Peter Richards <rpr at heidelberg.edu> wrote:

> I use standard thumbnail boxes (from Shannon) for most of my minerals, and
> I make labels on card stock that I glue in the back of the top of the
> boxes.  For years I have used Duco Cement.  Increasingly in the past year
> or a few, I find that the labels do not stay attached - the glue drop,
> though well spread out on the flat box surface, curls as it dries and pulls
> the label free of the box.
>
> Do you have the same experience?  Do you have any solutions?
>
> Pete Richards
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