Seat foam not sticking - what glue did you use?

[TamSV]

I've used self-adhesive race seat foam on my fibreglass seat unit. After not too many miles it's detaching itself from the areas where it was moulded round the contours of the seat. I now have a big pad with wings!

The adhesive is no longer sticking to the foam (although it's well stuck to the seat unit).

I was going to try to re-stick it with Araldite Rapid but does anyone have any other suggestions/experience?

[Reeder]

No experience but I would like to make a suggestion that I think might work well.
Friend of mine is a carpet fitter and uses this spray on glue for sticking down either carpet or carpet tiles when not using underlay and I reckon it'd do the job pretty well. It's very stringy and sticky when sprayed.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/evo-stik-carpet-spray-adhesive-500ml/84881?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-Datafeed-_-Sealants%20and%20Adhesives-_-Evo-Stik%20Carpet%20Spray%20Adhesive%20500ml

[Bibio]

use a contact adhesive such as evo-stik. apply evostik to both parts and allow to dry (very important you allow it to dry) then put the foam pad under the grill, yes i said under the grill till the glue starts to bubble slightly then while hot stick to seat unit. give it a good old press to fix it down properly. the surface you are adhering to must be roughened up for it to work properly.

test a piece of the foam first to make sure that you dont get a reaction with the glue and the glue melts the foam.

once applied it will NEVER come off without a good old mess.

how do i know this? my first ever job was a cobbler lol.

or have a word with brelin he seems to have found a glue that worked on his tank pads

[TamSV]

Cheers Bibio. That sounded so complicated that I'm utterly convinced it will work. :)

Picked up some contact adhesive earlier and put the seat pad back on tonight. I'll leave it alone for 24 hours and see how it goes.

[Bibio]

no need for 24hrs m8 20mins should do the trick lol.

[Teejayexc]

use a contact adhesive such as evo-stik. apply evostik to both parts and allow to dry (very important you allow it to dry) then put the foam pad under the grill, yes i said under the grill till the glue starts to bubble slightly then while hot stick to seat unit. give it a good old press to fix it down properly. the surface you are adhering to must be roughened up for it to work properly.

test a piece of the foam first to make sure that you dont get a reaction with the glue and the glue melts the foam.

once applied it will NEVER come off without a good old mess.

how do i know this? my first ever job was a cobbler lol.

or have a word with brelin he seems to have found a glue that worked on his tank pads

....and be as high as a kite for the rest of the week :p

[Bibio]

heheheheee. yup that job was fun.

[TamSV]

....and be as high as a kite for the rest of the week :p

That's why, for the sake of marital harmony, I used a heat gun in the garage instead of the kitchen grill.

There's a zero tolerance approach to stinking out the house these days ever since "The Paraffin Incident".

[hongman]

Do tell!

[TamSV]

Mrs T doesn't like me putting bike bits in the dishwasher so, obviously, I do it when she's out. Usually it's the perfect crime but, if said parts have been left soaking in paraffin first, you won't get away with it. I had to pretend I couldn't smell it for a week.

There was a bit of an over-reaction to that one I thought. Although this was around the time I'd spilt a bit of brake fluid on the new oak dining table, so it was probably an accumulation thing.