Look at picture what is the glue?

[Sneaky Pete]

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I need some help to identify this glue. I am at the planning stage of installing a small red flash battery under the quarter berth just above the prop shaft. I am going to make a battery tray to hold the battery. Due to the shape of the hull at the stern I would like to position the tray, which is made of wood, using this glue. The picture is a teak block embedded in I assume epoxy holding the fuel tank in position there are several of these. This is a Beneteau application. Question is what is this.

 

[sailorman]

How about West epoxy & fillers to fhicken

 

[Stork_III]

See this West Epoxy web page http://www.westsystem.com.au/west_system/basic_techniques/bonding

 

[prv]

Can't tell from the picture what that glue is, but epoxy and microfibres will do the job nicely.

Pete

 

[VicS]

Probably epoxy

may be an ordinary ( polyester ) fibre glass resin,

possibly a car body filler like Isopon P40


Epoxy as suggested would be the best choice for your battery tray if the battery is going to be secured to it ....... but you may have to wait until the weather is warmer


Body filler / polyester resin can be used when its quite cold.


Sikaflex 292 may also be suitable.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

It is probably just a paste made up of resin that is thickened with whatever is handy... and cheap. I have used ordinary polyester resin (with a bit of thixo added) and fibreglass offcuts, sawdust, etc. I doubt whether a builder would 'waste' epoxy on such a non-structural item. If you're doing something similar be sure to grind off any flow-coat if present; a flap-disk on a little angle grinder is ideal.

 

[Sneaky Pete]

I was trawling through YouTube and came across someone using epoxy mixed with wood flour to thicken up. I believe wood flour to be wood sawdust the fine stuff that comes from sanders. What I intend to do is dip metal collars into the epoxy, this and a belt clamp should secure the battery.

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[seadog30]

Hi

The photo looks like Isopon Marine Epoxy. I have used it for similar applications on my boat it can even be used on wet surfaces. Good stuff

I purchase it at our local motorparts shop as it is about a £ cheaper than Force 4 or the other chandlers in the area.

Good luck

 

[FairweatherDave]

Just to be different.......It might be BALCOTAN wood glue, which foams up and goes hard rather like that. Strong and used by boat builders....

 

[Bobc]

I was trawling through YouTube and came across someone using epoxy mixed with wood flour to thicken up. I believe wood flour to be wood sawdust the fine stuff that comes from sanders. What I intend to do is dip metal collars into the epoxy, this and a belt clamp should secure the battery.

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You can use wood pulp. SP sell it as MICROFIBRES, which is basically the same sort of thing. It thickens the glue up nicely for gap and hole filling (and bonding), but it's a pig to sand, so if it's anywhere you want to get sanded smooth use glass bubbles or microbaloons (the latter is better then the former, but the former produces a white glue/filler).

I reckon what you have there is exactly as Puff says, iso or ortho resin with bits of whatever was on the floor chucked in to thicken it.

 

[Poignard]

It lookslike a generous helping of silicon sealant. If it is, it will be soft and flexible.

I installed a marine-ply battery tray last year and epoxied it where it rested on the hull and also through bolted it to a nearby plywood bulkhead.

 

[macd]

I take my hat off to those who determined that it was not merely thickened epoxy, but specifically West epoxy. I am truly awed.