Help with selecting correct glue/adhesive

[Bruce Page]

The vinyl door upholstery is separating on LOML’s car. The vinyl looks like it has a foam backing and is tacky to the touch, the door panel is plastic. Anyone know what would be the best glue to fix it? I’m reluctant to use a contact glue because it’s a one shot glue and I need to stretch and work the vinyl into a groove/slot.

Any ideas?

[Belinda Barfield]

This site might help Bruce. I work with a lot of upholstery materials, adhering to plastics and polycarbonate but I use a contact adhesive.

http://www.thistothat.com/cgi-bin/glue.cgi?lang=en&this=Vinyl&that=Plastic

[Bruce Page]

Thanks Belinda, I found that yesterday. They recommend 3M 80, a spray adhesive. It will work, but I’ll have to do a lot of masking. I was hoping to find a brush-on glue that I could control better.

[Mel Fulks]

The vinyl door upholstery is separating on LOML’s car. The vinyl looks like it has a foam backing and is tacky to the touch, the door panel is plastic. Anyone know what would be the best glue to fix it? I’m reluctant to use a contact glue because it’s a one shot glue and I need to stretch and work the vinyl into a groove/slot.

Any ideas?
Goop brand adhesive works for vinyl but it is thick and gummy and needs some space

[Harry Hagan]

Give 3M a call. I've found them helpful, sometimes.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/WW2/Country/Corp/Contact3M/