Hi guys. Recently I bought AK Interactive product that supposed to fix gravel and sand to the base. I think it could be used for fixing other stuff as well (e.g. dirt). I was interested with reviews I found online so I decide to try it out so I made quick test to compare it with white glue.
Here's the picture of product:
Bottle that contains 100 ml costed me around 7,5€ (domestic shipping is included in that price). Product contains alcohol and it is marked as flammable.
First, I added some white glue to the base. While white glue must be applied before gravel, fixer is applied AFTER.
After that I scatter some gravel and sand on white glue (left) and some dry gravel and sand on the right. Then I soaked right pile with fixer. I think I added a bit too much but it was my first time.
After about 30 minutes of drying I removed excess of sand and I got this (I must note that pile with fixer had almost none excess sand):
As you can see pile with fixer is slightly darker but has nice matte finish. Maybe if I used less fixer it would be lighter. Pile with fixer is thicker, harder and firmer than one with white glue. On close ups you can see that gravel didn't cover surface completely when using white glue.
Conclusion: White glue is cheap and useful stuff but from now on I would definitely use Gravel&Sand Fixer for my bases.