How to get it to stick.
Submitted: Friday, Jan 24, 2014 at 17:47
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Hi everyone, I have a problem getting my battery monitor to stick on the dash. It's one of those ones that has double sided tape to stick it to the dash. Problem been once temp gets up in the cab the tape falls off, have tried every thing but to advantage, any ideas , what do u guys use.
Pete
Reply By: The Bantam - Friday, Jan 24, 2014 at 23:13
Friday, Jan 24, 2014 at 23:13
The first thing with all double sided type tapes is that the surface must be clean, and that means some sort of solvent wipe.....there lies a problem a solvent that will not damage the surface, is agressive enough and evaporates cleanly.
It will vary from plastic to plastic, but white spirit is a fairly safe bet.
second is adhesive compatability.....different adhesives have better performance on different substrates......differening plastics can be an issue.
most of the commonly available retail double sided tapes are pretty pedestrian in their performance all round....regardless of brand.
I had an issue tyring to get some LED strips to stick to my fibreglass canopy.....I went thru 4 different types of double sided tape till I got one that was compatable.
If you go to a auto refinish supplier, they will have auto trim tape...this is used to refix protector strips and the like.
There will be a type with typically a green backing, this will be either acrilic or butal rubber adhesive...don't bother.
What you are looking for is the stuff with typically red backing and is a Cyanoacrillate adhesive..(yess it is related to suerglue).
This will be called something like high bond strength tape.....in Scotch it is called VHB ( very high bond strenght tape0.
This is good stuff & is compatable with a variety of non pourous substrates, fabulous on glass ( it is what comes on toll transponder mountings)....but it aint flash on bare timber or paper.
This is realy good stuff....make sure you clean both surfaces and you do not touch the sticky face.
cheers
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