peter321
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Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
i couldnt find a decent thread on this and im at my wits end. i have urethane panther suit armor and i bought a spandex style wetsuit to glue it on, i have only tried loctite spray adhesive, and the stuff only stayed on for a bit and after a few times of putting it on, it peeled right off especially when i started sweating. so basically, that stuff sucks. i obviously cant use superglue as some have mentioned because that will go right through the spandex and stick to my skin and obviously hurt, and i dont have a full size manaquin to use. so is there any kind of glue i can use where i can put the armor on and have it STAY on and not start to peel off after removing the suit constantly? i am haveing a really hard time with this, and i cant seem to reply to any existing thread for some reason to get a more appropriate answer. any help with this would be a huuuge help with me, i cant figure out what to do with this.
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
If you want to do it while wearing it, you'll need to wrap yourself in saranwrap first.
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
Better hope EchoSix doesn't find you and wrap you in Saran Wrap. :lol
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
hey peter
you have an amazing suit.... i am not sure what you are after but if you want a screen accurate outfit, you need a different undersuit.... lycra tends to sag after a while unless you can install some suspenders, and there is that "peeling off" problem after sweating. regarding the glue; try flex gel instant cement by pattex
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
Get a hold of one of these...
And just staple it to your !@#$ skin.
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peter321
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
so saran wrap if your useing superglue? i will see if that will work, and i will try to find what powergyser suggested. i dont think i can afford to get a different undersuit at the moment, so i have to make due with the one i have.
also ive heard of DAP, would that work for me?
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
hey peter
i used a neoprene undersuit and there was no need to wrap myself in seran wrap, the glue would not seep through...but in your case, seran wrap is a must...just make sure you use a glue with some sort of flex in it
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Re: Whats a good glue for glueing urethane armor to spandex and HAVE IT STAY ON
When I first mounted my urethane 89 armor on spandex, I used loctite gel (flexible super glue). It held my armor in place really well except in areas I didn't get the glue well enough on.
You'll want to rub the gel glue from the tiny bottle evenly and consistently on the urethane surface. Not too much because then it will be proned to heavy cracking and may even ruin your armor from ever being remounted again which you may want to do after a year or so of wearing a spandex under suit.
A nice thin coat with fuse the spandex fabric to urethane.
Hey really though, check out the archives section on mounting armor. Its all there man. Many threads on this same topic and it gets explained really well for you on what to use and not use.
lol Echo. :rollin
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