glueing wood to plastic

[stevetuck56]

i'm about to glue some wooden strips to my uss constitution gun deck,not sure what glue to use.,been told epoxy. would super glue do the same trick, any advice from the mastes would be greatly appreciated.

[demonborger]

The gel variant of superglue will work, put a few dollops of glue on the wood and stick it down, you won't have a lot of time to work with while it sets, but you won't have to worry about mixing the epoxy.

 

A thinner superglue will sink into the wood fibre creating blotches everywhere and hindering its ability to stick properly.

[Ulises Victoria]

I would use epoxy or contact cement.

Cheers!

[moflea]

Hello,

 

It's a very good idea to plank the plastic deck with wood. I'm building it myself and I took the same approach. As seen in pictures, I've used super glue. That was happening some two years ago and it's holding them really well.

 

 

Be sure though you put the glue only at the bottom side, and just a hair of it, otherwise it will squeeze between the planks fi you push them, as I've used 2.5mm wide strips.

Edited January 25, 2014 by moflea

[stevetuck56]

thanks moflea I hope mine turns out as good as yours.