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Glue / stickey stuff!!!
Bob da builder - 22/1/04 at 10:07 AM

Hey up,

Does any one have any suggestions for what glue / stickey stuff to use to bond a fibreglass bulge to a alu bonnet??? thourght of aroldite (Cant spell!!) but conserned that at the bonnet flexes it will fracture and out pops the fibreglass....!

Any ideas??


Cheers,

Rob

DaveFJ - 22/1/04 at 10:39 AM

General consensus seems to be that PU adhesive (sikaflex or similair) will fix just about anything to anything...

BTW I have just got some PU adhesive which is from these people


http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/s/SIRPF15LM/

for only £3.69 a tube and it seems every bit as good....

btw - are rivets not acceptable ?

HTH

Dave

James - 22/1/04 at 03:02 PM

Dave,

How much was delivery?

Cheers,

James

JoelP - 22/1/04 at 04:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Bob da builder
Hey up,

Does any one have any suggestions for what glue / stickey stuff to use to bond a fibreglass bulge to a alu bonnet??? thourght of aroldite (Cant spell!!) but conserned that at the bonnet flexes it will fracture and out pops the fibreglass....!

Any ideas??


Cheers,

Rob


i think, as you say, that araldite and epoxy sort of stuff is too hard, wont like vibrations and flex. so i guess PU is better, though i have no experience with it.

i do know however that 'no more nails' doesnt hold door handles onto cupboards...

'no more mails' is quite good on your letterbox though...

DaveFJ - 22/1/04 at 04:23 PM

£3.69 inc vat plus delivery at £5

but I bought 3 tubes so £16.07 in total

Bargain !

Markp - 22/1/04 at 07:17 PM

alot of people I know have used sikaflex (how ever it's spelt) on their cars to great success, you can also get it from alot of car shops.

mark

bob - 22/1/04 at 07:51 PM

I got my dunlop sealant/bonding stuff from a guy i met on my hols last year,bit of luck that

Here's barry's email address for some info.

barry@mansfield.com

Bob da builder - 25/1/04 at 06:29 PM

Cheers for the replies..

sickaflex it is!! had thourght of nice alu countersunk alen head bolts but spend 9days making my bulge, felt that i would spoil the look of it. since posting i have spoken to a few body repair guys who swear by it! believe the big name companies eg ford use it to attach body kits to production cars, have been warned not to use it if i want to get it appart again as it sticks like dog crap to your carpet!!

im off to do some glueing......

rob

TPG - 25/1/04 at 07:02 PM

Protofj.The sealent/glue you've got appears to be a very good price!.I've used upol's Tiger sealent(thier version of sikaflex)on my locost with good results.BUT it is Twice the price of what you've got.I'll be back to the decorating link posted.As a note i have used screwfix own brand can't belive it's not nails for fixing the ally to chassis.Touch wood it isn't showing any sign of letting go.99p a tube.Bargin.