good adhesive

[Carlo]

I was wondering what a good adhesive was for me to bond a battery tray to the fiberglass hull?

 

[scooper77515]

I think it should be strapped down over the battery either way.

Regardless, If trying to adhere plastic to fiberglass, I would use some sort of epoxy.

There are 2-part epoxies you can get from walmart that are pretty strong.

No matter what you use, if you are going to get them to stick, you will need to scuff up the smoother plastic piece first. 36 grit sandpaper on a drill lightly just to created scratches and grooves for the epoxy to bond to. the fiberglass is usually rough enough to bond to (cloth side, not gel-coat side), so just clean it up with acetone.

 

[Carlo]

I was defenaitley going to strap the battery down to the tray. I'm just nervous about screwing the tray down to the hull. Thanks for the advice on the sand paper, I didn't even think about that.

 

[RFoster130]

I just used like half a tube of liquid nail. I am not sure which one it was though. It is holding fine. I didnt wanna screw into the hull either.

 

[Carlo]

Cool, thanks

 

[230WakeOwnerDallas]

Billy Mays here!!!!

Mighty Mend it. I used it last week on my boat. It actually works.

 

[Carlo]

Thanks, I am hoping to get to work on that this week if the weather stays nice enough