Test results on various adhesives

[JimCooper]

This Finland chappie has a good look at what sticks after the old boil test.

http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/gsahv/glue/glue.htm

The page is from Hanu's boat yard http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/gsahv/

cheers
Jim

[icetreader]

Yep, Hanu's website is a "must visit" for anyone interested in designing and building small boats
Or should I say "a great micronautical site" ...

[kach22i]

I did similar test for a hovercraft skirt, not as fun as it looks. Expensive too.

[JimCooper]

I did similar test for a hovercraft skirt, not as fun as it looks. Expensive too.

What were you sticking together and what worked?

I'd really like to know.

Jim

[kach22i]

I was making a temporay skirt to test the form of the bag skirt (template for the real thing). I used a nylon reinforced plastic sheet which comes in a 36 inch wide roll from the hardware store. It turned out to be an impossible material to work with, but at 99 cents a foot I can't complain too much. I kind of favored "Marine Goop", but nothing held up well for long. I ended up sewing it with nylon rope, I learned a lot from my failure. Still working on it.


Photos of Glue test (halfway down the page):
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=223664&perpage=20&highlight=glue&pagenumber=3

Progress photos:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=227310&highlight=hovercraft

Craft and skirt nearly finished:
http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/index.php?showtopic=412