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waterboy222 06-25-2008 09:23 PM

adhesive for fiberglass?
 
What should I use to attach my wooden, flat amp rack to the ungelcoated/unpainted fiberglass in my cabin?

The amps are screwed to a 3/4" piece of marine grade plywood that is being painted and dressed up. But how do I mount THAT to the boat? I cant screw it in..

sunchaser796 06-25-2008 10:05 PM

LOTS OF 5200 Let it for 72 hours plus max 1 week for cure time. Sand the fiberglass with 80 grit sand paper. Once it dries, its not goona move. Good Luck..

waterboy222 06-25-2008 10:59 PM

Will it hold the weight of the 3/4" MDF with 3 amps, 2 distribution blocks and 1/0 wire?

You say let it sit for 72 hours. The amps are already attached to the wood panels, is that going to be an issue?

jayhawk261 06-26-2008 12:08 AM

With the 5200 you can probably hold the boat from the mdf! It is strong stuff. If you do use it, you may want to make sure you don't want to remove the board.

carter38 06-26-2008 04:47 AM

You might make it to where it can be removed just in case. I have done a few amp racks with industrial velcro before the good thing about that is the more vibrations the tighter velcro tightens..

rush 06-26-2008 07:12 AM

3m 4200 is fast drying and works very good too.

JRider 06-26-2008 08:17 AM

MIGHTY PUTTY! Just ask Billy Mayes!

In all seriousness if you have the amp rack (front face) carpeted you may want to consider a thick kneadable epoxy type putty. Glassing it in might be a good option but messy. I have also did some amazing thing with PL brand construction adhesive. Nice thing about the adhesive is that it will not run all over the place and it will fill gaps if the fit is not perfect....just a few options. Of course surface prep is critical for adhesion.

waterboy222 06-26-2008 01:12 PM

Im considering going the industrial velcro route.. If i can find some in time before next weekend. I think im going to fiberglass in an amp rack and just junk the whole jumperseat idea, no one ever sat in it before anyways.. It depends on how my kickpanels come out. Im a fiberglass newbie and dont want to build something that large that looks like trash.

rchevelle71 06-26-2008 02:40 PM


Originally Posted by JRider (Post 2603225)
MIGHTY PUTTY! Just ask Billy Mayes!

In all seriousness if you have the amp rack (front face) carpeted you may want to consider a thick kneadable epoxy type putty. Glassing it in might be a good option but messy. I have also did some amazing thing with PL brand construction adhesive. Nice thing about the adhesive is that it will run all over the place and will fill gaps if the fit is not perfect....just a few options. Of course surface prep is critical for adhesion.


Thats the name I was looking for:D

The Epoxy PL, glue a few strips of wood to the hull, then screw your rack to those strips, that way if ya wanna remove it, all ya gotta do is unscrew the rack, then remove the strips, not the whole piece of ply.

BillR 06-26-2008 03:07 PM

5200 needs a week to properly set and it should work fine.

waterboy222 06-26-2008 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by rchevelle71 (Post 2603802)
Thats the name I was looking for:D

The Epoxy PL, glue a few strips of wood to the hull, then screw your rack to those strips, that way if ya wanna remove it, all ya gotta do is unscrew the rack, then remove the strips, not the whole piece of ply.

perfect! Thanks for the idea.. and if i need to get it back to stock one day, ill just trim as much wood off as possible and beltsand the rest down.

rchevelle71 06-26-2008 07:38 PM


Originally Posted by waterboy222 (Post 2603985)
perfect! Thanks for the idea.. and if i need to get it back to stock one day, ill just trim as much wood off as possible and beltsand the rest down.

YUP, you got the idea:D


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