Glue Gun

works well in difficult to get at places but don't have it in places which can be subject to solar heating in summer.

I use mine for hiding away wires in difficult to access places. reach into locker, squeeze a few globs of glue, bring up wire and embed in the glue, still there years after.
 
Thanks - you must be telepathic ! That's exactly what I want to use it for - wires neatly tucked away in lockers and so on. Great to hear from someone using it for the same thing (and that it works well). Many thanks again.
 
(Disclaimer) I have not tried this yet but it ought to work!

I need to fix some battens inside my boat's hull using epoxy but I intend to use blobs of glue from a glue gun to hold them in place whilst the epoxy sets.
 
I've used glue gun blue as temporary hold while a normal glue sets to get a proper bond. Just use blobs from a glue gun and outline with conventional epoxy, PU etc.

I've been using glue guns to fix cables for a long time. Watch how you go on a boat glueing in odd places as it's easy to drip red hot glue on your hands, arms, face etc, it burns for ever.
 
Never been good

Never been good in my onion..... sorry.... opinion.

Unless the surfaces to be bonded are really.... 'rough and ready' it just 'aint gonner stick,

Tried it a few times on smooth grp and stuff just falls off, either on it's own ,or when given a bit of a knock, which is quite often in the boaty world.

As an aside , I stuck the ceramic representation of my house number to the front of the UVPC porch with 'hot glue'....worked just fine until the summer and then it fell off...it didn't break so now it's screwed on with a couple of s/s screws .....much more seaman like!, and still there !!

Hot Glue...Give it a go..it may work for you but keep everything clean and roughed up !

PS to Dylan:...that bloody window still leaks !
 
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Applescruffs said:
Never been good in my onion..... sorry.... opinion.

Unless the surfaces to be bonded are really.... 'rough and ready' it just 'aint gonner stick,

Tried it a few times on smooth grp and stuff just falls off, either on it's own ,or when given a bit of a knock, which is quite often in the boaty world.

As an aside , I stuck the ceramic representation of my house number to the front of the UVPC porch with 'hot glue'....worked just fine until the summer and then it fell off...it didn't break so now it's screwed on with a couple of s/s screws .....much more seaman like!, and still there !!

Hot Glue...Give it a go..it may work for you but keep everything clean and roughed up !

PS to Dylan:...that bloody window still leaks !
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leaks

drips a bit maybe

never sell a boat to a friend

Dylan
 
Dripping on toast is good....dripping on your bed is.......not!

Never even seen a drop....Might just clean it up a bit though.


BTW..J.B the 'Perfect'' dog is very poorley......cancer.......

we are both devistated.
 
I've used hot glue to hold wires to GRP with limited success. I've tried it on rough GPR, and clean sanded GRP. It sticks for a while but eventually falls off.
However, I have only used the generic glue sticks that came with the gun. There may be other types that are more appropriate for this use.
As a concept it is brilliant, but in my experience not borne out in reality.
Oh, and its a painful when you get hot glue on your fingers as its difficult to remove until it has cooled down.
 
Wunja said:
I've used hot glue to hold wires to GRP with limited success. I've tried it on rough GPR, and clean sanded GRP. It sticks for a while but eventually falls off.
However, I have only used the generic glue sticks that came with the gun. There may be other types that are more appropriate for this use.
As a concept it is brilliant, but in my experience not borne out in reality.
Oh, and its a painful when you get hot glue on your fingers as its difficult to remove until it has cooled down.
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So any other ideas of how to keep cables neat while routing them through lockers etc? Banging nails (for cable clips) into the grp doesnt seem like a brilliant idea!
 
I'm planning using the glue gun approach to keep cables running along the undersides of GRP but I've been doing a bit of research and discovered there are glue sticks and then there are glue sticks. Apparently, the cheap variety that come with a cheap gun in a kit (such as the one I have) are next to useless - heavy on the polythene, light on the adhesive. It seems the more expensive the stick, the better it will do the job.
 
roblpm said:
So any other ideas of how to keep cables neat while routing them through lockers etc? Banging nails (for cable clips) into the grp doesnt seem like a brilliant idea!
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I've seen plastic cable clips held on with sticky pads. Something like this, though the picture shows a metal clip:

wdmGrpMACC-lb.jpg
 
My wiring runs, done last winter, are now lying in the bilge festooned with cable ties and self adhesive plastic versions of that very same thing! I suspect it's because the GRP wasn't cleansed with meths or similar before fixing them but they were certainly a waste of time!
 
I've used the plastic stick on cable ties but drilled a couple of holes in the flat base and mounted them on a blob of CT1/Sikaflex such that it squeezes through the holes and forms a a sort of 'rivet head'.
 
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