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Martin (Admin)

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Wood to ABS?
« on: May 29, 2015, 01:20:27 pm »

What's our current feeling about easiest glue - wood to ABS hull?
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Re: Wood to ABS?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2015, 01:44:22 pm »
 :-)) Gorilla glue,not only sticks but fills gaps and boy does it stick got some on my finger and got stuck to bench,always get the small bottle and expel all the air out of it that way it lasts longer,used it to stick bulkheads to a couple of my boats and even dropped one on concrete chipped the paint but was still solid,Ray. :-)) :-)) :-))
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Re: Wood to ABS?
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2015, 03:17:33 pm »
I used 2 hour epoxy, remembering to clean the hull thoroughly and rough the surface with sandpaper.
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Re: Wood to ABS?
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2015, 05:27:49 pm »
Methyl Methacrylate. Stabilit Express or its twin UHU Acryilit here in Europe. Resin + powder (hardener). Total pain in the *ss to work with (pot life is 5-8min) but strong bond to ABS.


I've also used liquid acrylate glue from HobbyKing with great success. Much easier to mix and so cheap (sub $2) that I always mix the whole 20ml set in order no to have ratio issues. Can be found on aliexpress too.



Epoxy usually s*cks on ABS.
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