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Glue for helmet pads?
Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a
lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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Glue for helmet pads?
On 4 Jul 2003 16:30:05 +0950, Bikesoiler
wrote: Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve I've been using a pen-stick SuperGlue to restick the little velcro tabs on my Giro pneumo. These are the velcro tabs that hold the sweat/fit/whatever pads in place. I tested it on an outside bit of the foam and it was just OK. It melted the foam a bit, but it didn't bore through to the other side. It could be that the volatiles in the glue are the nasties that melt the foam and maybe they evaporated quickly. I'm not a chemist. You could send an email to your helmet's manufacturer. Hmmm ... I'm going to email Giro :-) Regards, Richard. |
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Glue for helmet pads?
"Bikesoiler" wrote in message ... Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com Why don't you peel out the old velcro dots and replace them with new ones they are cheap enough. You should be able to get them in hardware and craft shops. Kevin |
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Glue for helmet pads?
I have spoken to the old distributor for Giro and they said to use hobby
glue or water based glue such as PVA clean the foam and apply glue, wait till glue is almost dry 10-15 mins then apply wait 24 hours for it to dry. |
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Glue for helmet pads?
"Pants soiler" wrote in message ... Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve All the helmets I know are based on polystyrene foam. Solvent based adhesives (e.g. contact adhesives) dissolve the stuff nicely. Epoxies are safe on polystyrene - I have used them with complete success. Test a small, unimportant part first in case your helmet is made of something else. Water based glues (e.g. PVA) will not stand up to the rain and sweat. Cyanoacrylates ("super glue") will work for a while, but break down in time from exposure to water. John Retchford |
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Glue for helmet pads?
Bikesoiler wrote:
Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve Hot glue gun. cheers -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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Glue for helmet pads?
On 4 Jul 2003 16:30:05 +0950, Bikesoiler
wrote: Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve I've been using a pen-stick SuperGlue to restick the little velcro tabs on my Giro pneumo. These are the velcro tabs that hold the sweat/fit/whatever pads in place. I tested it on an outside bit of the foam and it was just OK. It melted the foam a bit, but it didn't bore through to the other side. It could be that the volatiles in the glue are the nasties that melt the foam and maybe they evaporated quickly. I'm not a chemist. You could send an email to your helmet's manufacturer. Hmmm ... I'm going to email Giro :-) Regards, Richard. |
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Glue for helmet pads?
"Bikesoiler" wrote in message ... Anyone know what glue I should use to restick my hemet pads? I know a lot of glues will melt/disolve the foam. Cheer Steve -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com Why don't you peel out the old velcro dots and replace them with new ones they are cheap enough. You should be able to get them in hardware and craft shops. Kevin |
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