- Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:59 pm
#13480
I wasn't sure where to put this question but it's about marine vinyl so we'll go with marine.
I have a motorcycle seat pan that's made of aluminum. I used marine vinyl to recover it. It's fastened with contact adhesive on the bottom side of the pan. The initial bond is good but over time the bond softens due to the plasticizers in the vinyl. I usually use Weldwood solvent based contact cement.
I've previously covered the same seat pan with plain furniture grade vinyl and the same contact adhesive held up for a couple of years with no problem so I'm pretty convinced there some incompatibility between the adhesive and the marine vinyl. I've also seen the same adhesive failure problem with 4-way stretch vinyl.
Has anyone got experience bonding marine vinyl? What's the best adhesive you've found?
The foam on the perimeter is 1/8 inch so I really can't rivet or use mechanical fasteners so I'm kind of stuck with glue, or so it seems not stuck.
Thanks
I have a motorcycle seat pan that's made of aluminum. I used marine vinyl to recover it. It's fastened with contact adhesive on the bottom side of the pan. The initial bond is good but over time the bond softens due to the plasticizers in the vinyl. I usually use Weldwood solvent based contact cement.
I've previously covered the same seat pan with plain furniture grade vinyl and the same contact adhesive held up for a couple of years with no problem so I'm pretty convinced there some incompatibility between the adhesive and the marine vinyl. I've also seen the same adhesive failure problem with 4-way stretch vinyl.
Has anyone got experience bonding marine vinyl? What's the best adhesive you've found?
The foam on the perimeter is 1/8 inch so I really can't rivet or use mechanical fasteners so I'm kind of stuck with glue, or so it seems not stuck.
Thanks