Ahesive Bonding Fiberglass Sheets To Plywood

Epoxy will glue almost any materials together and is the adhesive of choice when gluing fiberglass to wood.

Ahesive bonding fiberglass sheets to plywood.

In this video we are bonding some marine ply reinforcements to the raised seat pl. This is the first video in a new series restoring a broom saturn speedboat. Lay the foam panel face down. But in the case of a boat the fiberglass is structural and the wood is just there to thicken it with a lighter material than the fiberglass.

The plan is to first glue the thin fiberglass panel to the 1 8 plywood and then attach the sandwiched panel to the aluminum frame. Bonding it with epoxy may be overkill. Once the glue dries i will join the surfaces together. Epoxy has the advantage of spreading across the two surfaces and filling in gaps that are visible between the fiberglass and wood.

Pull the caulk gun trigger and squeeze a long bead of glue in a zigzag pattern on the back of the insulation leaving about 1 inch free of adhesive on the edges. 3m fastbond contact adhesive 30nf is a low odor water based adhesive designed to have high strength high coverage long bonding range and good heat resistance. Always mix the epoxy resin and hardener in the correct proportions. I will spray the glue to the surfaces.