Howdy - To Stuwey or any other motor trimmers out there - what is the best adhesive to stick the under-bonnet insulation on with?
It has been suggested to me to use a spray on glue. Would this be sufficient? Would the side that sticks to the bonnet, ie the furry side, get enough adhesion with the spray glue? I'm thinking that because it is furry it might need a pretty thick smear of adhesive (ie tinned stuff and spread with a spatula) to "absorb" into the material and thus give a better "deeper" bond?
What would you guys use? Any tips?
Thanks in anticipation.
Peter

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1969 Mini Cooper S MKII (1330)
1972 Honda 750/4 (his),1976 Honda 400/4 (hers)
1982 Honda CB1100RC (ours)

Contact adhesive will be sufficient.

Selley's do a good brand

Give a decent coverage on each side (moreso on the material - absorbtion) and wait for the glue to go slightly tacky then bring up each surface and hold for a minute while the glue fuses.

Spray or smear on willy?

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1969 Mini Cooper S MKII (1330)
1972 Honda 750/4 (his),1976 Honda 400/4 (hers)
1982 Honda CB1100RC (ours)

In industry, we spray.
You can buy contact adhesive in pressure packs if you don't have access to a gun.
Please don't buy any cheap products - they just DON'T last.

Brushing on is an alternative.

smear it on shood be sufficient.

It can be thinned down with turps to make it a nicer viscosity to work with, it get's pretty expensive buying it in a spraycan, and oversprayed contact adhesive is a bitch on paintwork. Easily removed with a rag dipped in turps though.

Yup, agree with Will. The cheap ones are craaaaaaap.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

The adhesive we use comes in a 20Lt. tin. We get it from Daley's Motor Trimming Supplies and it seems to be the best one. We tried the one from Nolans, but with no joy.

As Will said, spray it on both surfaces, let it go 'tacky' and then put 'em together.

If you need some glue, i'm sure we can sort you out with a smidge.

Cheers

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Thanks for the offer Stuwey - long way to come with it though if you are delivering.
If you think that something like Selleys spray on is a good thing then it might just be easier for me to go buy a can..
After all, it's just the 4 piece set under the bonnet that I'm doing, so 1 can should be enough eh?
I guess tho that once it goes tacky and you place the material onto the bonnet, there's not much chance to slide it about to line it up - first contact has to be the right contact?
Mick - with my skills, I'm less likely to get in a blithering mess with a spray can, I think
Thanks guys.
Peter.

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1969 Mini Cooper S MKII (1330)
1972 Honda 750/4 (his),1976 Honda 400/4 (hers)
1982 Honda CB1100RC (ours)

Oh I'm totally handycapped with a spraycan. I'd spray it in my eyes if I did it without safety glasses.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

my old man is a qualified saddlerer and uses quikgrip for that kinda stuff, as will and others said smear it on and wait till its basically dry n slap em together, then admire your work!

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1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

The spray on stuff that Willshire's uses is called "AnchorWeld". Does quite a good job.

The other stuff that Daley's supplies is made by 3M. Its the only other adhesive I would ever use. Every other spray on adhesive ive tried is very non-adhesive in comparison to 3M and AnchorWeld.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

'AnchorWeld', thats it!

Awesome stuff.

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Cheap, Fast, Reliable. Choose two.

take off the bonnet and rest it on some foam or an old matress. use the 3m super 74 spray adheasive. its all you need. anchor weld is great if you have a spray gun, you need to use the red one. red ones for spraying because its thinned down. the yellow one is for brushing.
go the 3m product, i use it all the time

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Willshire's sprays the yellow stuff on. The colouring in the red glue can soak thru velour and leather and stain them badly. Been there, done that.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs