5200 and plastic cutting board
 

Was thinking of using a dollar store cutting board to screw on my 2 bilge pumps and then using 5200 to glue it down to the bottom of the bilge. Not comfortable just screwing them to the boat and not looking to do more glass work with a piece of wood and glass them in.

Will 5200 hold?

Use PVC Board

Ive always just 52million’ed the strainers down. Never had one pop off...

This how a local boat builder told me to do it. Should work...

If you’re afraid 5200 won’t be strong enough... use pl premium adhesive by loctite at homedepot or others. Stuff is Polyurethane based and sticks to everything.

I don’t think the 5200 will stick well to the starboard. I might have tried that before..I would go another route

Strick

If you anneal (heat treat) it supposedly changes the chemical makeup which allows adhesives to stick better. Ive done it glueing down starboard strips to the bottom/sides of my fuel tank. So far working. I too switched over to the Locktite brand available at the big box stores, less $$$ than 5200.

5200 WILL release from any polyethylene or polypropylene plastic. It just won't hold long-term. Use a plastic epoxy after flame treating/annealing, or choose a different type of plastic such as PVC.

Set pumps on PVC and as soon as the rain permits will glue them in

your moving right along looks like you guys are getting lots of rain over there....can you send some our way PLEASE

strick

I went and bought some more goodies for the boat get in the car and looked west and what do I see but big dark rain clouds . Guess I have to what till tomorrow. Boy do I wish I had a barn or big enclosure like some of you had

Jorge
I would glue the PVC down but screw the float switch & pump tray for easy removal. Another tip , attach some mono line with one drop of gorilla glue at the tip of the float switch. Bring the mono up and tie to anything under the deck with some slack. Then you just have to pull the mono to test your float switch without reaching all the way down into the bilge. The mono is light enough as not to weight down its buoyancy.

That's what I did