Adhesive suggestions

[petergumbrell]

I need to reattach the material in two places on my boat.
1) The material of the overhead liner in the aft cabin
2)The material of the hull liner in the head
These both need to be reattached. Can someone suggest the adhesive that should be used in each case.

The boat is a 1984 Jeanneau Fantasia.

Many thanks.

[hellosailor]

Peter, if the old adhesive failed, you can regule the liner. But if this is a foam rubber liner and the foam is breaking down (to powder) nothing will solve the problem until the old crumbly foam is removed.

3M's "No.77 Permanent Adhesive" is a spray that is made for these jobs, and can withstand the heat on the overhead. Other cheaper "spray rubber cement" brands may let go, I'd spend the extra two bucks for the 3M product.

Any permanent brush-on contact cement (base cove cement, traditional yellow contact cement, etc.) should also do the job but a spray makes it much easier.

With any of these products--if there is surface contamination and powdering foam, they will bond to that and fail. They all need clean (or at least "solid") surfaces to bond to.

[sailingdog]

If you're going to use a spray adhesive, make sure you mask off anything you don't want sticky...

[byrondv]

Originally Posted by hellosailor

But if this is a foam rubber liner and the foam is breaking down (to powder) nothing will solve the problem until the old crumbly foam is removed.

3M's "No.77 Permanent Adhesive" is a spray that is made for these jobs, and can withstand the heat on the overhead. Other cheaper "spray rubber cement" brands may let go, I'd spend the extra two bucks for the 3M product.

I would second hellosailor's suggestion. I had an issue with one of my cloth liners coming off on my boat. The foam under it had gotten wet (due to a leak that was fixed after the damage was done) and started flaking. As a short term fix I used the above product and it kept it up until the foam flaked off.

Once I pulled off the entire liner and removed the bad foam (bring a vacuum :P ) I haven't had any problems since.

[Rockter]

Peter...

Be careful with the solvents. they can be toxic and flammable and tend to collect in the bilge.

[Rickm505]

I just did the same job in my forward berth. I used good ole contact cement to install velcro fasteners on the headliner. In my case I have deck hardware behind it and the velcro allows me access.

[KenD]

Contact cement will breakdown with heat.The foam backing on the liner will also breakdown if it isn't already powder with contact cement.Fasten the velco with instant epoxy.

[Freesail99]

The poster didn't say anything about foam backed headliner. Is this what is on a 1984 Jeanneau Fantasia or are we assuming that ?

[Rickm505]

Ken,

I'd be interested in learning who told you that contact cement breaks down with heat? I would like to very kindly offer my boat to refute this. I have some 3 year old contact cement that is impossible to remove. It hardens over time and becomes as rigid as epoxy. I'm in Central Florida, which is not a very cool place to be.

It works fine, and it's cheap.