Gluing Foam

[Stemar]

I want to replace my V berth cushions with something a little softer than the current ones, whivh would be unacceptible for the drunk tank at West End Central Nick.

I have a suitable foam mattress that could be made to do the job in a couple of pieces that would need to be glued together. The foam complies with the relevant flammability rules.

What would you use to stick 'em? I have a waterproof PVA glue left over from building work. Would this be any good?

 

[billcowan]

Nope, use good old smelly 'evo stick' if you can find any.
If not your cobbler has even better neoprene cement.

apply to one surface (not too liberally) with a stick, press together and then pull apart, allow 5 mins to dry a little then press together for good.

 

[VicS]

[ QUOTE ]
use good old smelly 'evo stick' if you can find any

[/ QUOTE ] If you use a contact adhesive such as Evostik apply it very sparingly or you will find that when the foam is compressed along the glue line it sticks itself down in the compressed position.

I'd prefer an aerosol spray adhesive that can be applied very lightly. You don't need a very strong bond as the cover will hold the two pieces together.

BTW Evostick Impact and Evostik Timebond are still in the shops but not kept on open display and not as smelly as they used to be because they contain a different solvent. At least the "Timebond" version does.

Final word of warning I found on a solid surface a firmish foam was preferable to softish one which does not give such good support to "bad backs".

 

[Stemar]

Thanks all.

Firmish is what I want, but my current bed goes way beyond firmish!

 

[itsonlymoney]

Agree, use an aerosol carpet adhesive.