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Re: Dap
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 8/24/1999, 12:08 pm
In Response To: You need two coats (Jay Babina)

I used the Dap stuff also and it is stronger than the foam after it has fully cured. I just did one coat and now in order to remove the foam, I have to cut it off.

> Use Wellwood, Dap (any hardware store type that's flamable). You need to
> sand the epoxy surface because of blush (this is what many people forget).
> I buy Dap in the little bottle with the small brush $3. Coat both surfaces
> - the wood and the foam. Let it dry for about 1/2 hour and give it a
> second coat on both surfaces. Give it a good thick coating. Let it dry
> untill it's just tacky - about 15 - 20 min. then press them together. It
> will never ever come apart. Press the surfaces together really well. The
> glue needs about 12 hours and it will get really hard so don't get it wet
> until then. Make sure you get the positioning right because you'll have to
> rip the foam apart to seperate it. You can slso glue foam to foam like
> this. I've experimented and tried to rip two pieces of foam apart and you
> can't.

> Maybe you used water based glue, or you didn't clean the blush or gave it
> one thin coat and the foam absorbed it? I don't know what (the neoprene)
> designation means. You want contact cement that people use for formica
> etc. (flamable only)

Messages In This Thread

foam padding/contact cement
Dave E -- 8/23/1999, 10:57 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Dave E -- 8/24/1999, 11:12 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Tom Schwartzman -- 8/24/1999, 2:00 pm
You need two coats
Jay Babina -- 8/24/1999, 9:57 am
Re: You need two coats
Robert Woodard -- 8/24/1999, 9:11 pm
Re: Dap
Mike Hanks -- 8/24/1999, 12:08 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Phil Serra -- 8/24/1999, 7:45 am
Re: highly flammable/causes cancer
Shawn Baker -- 8/24/1999, 5:32 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Ross Leidy -- 8/24/1999, 1:36 am
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Don Beale -- 8/24/1999, 12:18 am
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Earl -- 8/23/1999, 11:43 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Dave E -- 8/24/1999, 11:06 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Jerry Brown -- 8/24/1999, 3:08 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Tom Schwartzman -- 8/25/1999, 12:28 pm
Re: foam padding/contact cement
Mike Hanks -- 8/24/1999, 6:07 pm