Lay the foam panel face down.
Ahesive bonding fiberglass sheets to plywood.
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.
This is the first video in a new series restoring a broom saturn speedboat.
In this video we are bonding some marine ply reinforcements to the raised seat pl.
Epoxy will glue almost any materials together and is the adhesive of choice when gluing fiberglass to wood.
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.
Bonding it with epoxy may be overkill.
Always mix the epoxy resin and hardener in the correct proportions.
Once the glue dries i will join the surfaces together.
The other option is more epoxy to bond the sheet to the plywood similar to a boat deck repair.
Epoxy has the advantage of spreading across the two surfaces and filling in gaps that are visible between the fiberglass and wood.
I already purchased the glue a red contact cement called helmiprene 4570 made by helmitin.
This classic adhesive has proven to bond combinations of most foamed plastics plastic laminate wood plywood wood veneer and canvas.