Building a Van - What adhesive

Why not try a caravan repairer and ask what they use.


Sikaflex, depending on which type you use retains some elasticity and thats probably why it was recommended

Never built a van, but sikaflex is about as good as you will get.
Get some cheap pine timber that you can cut to length and use wedges etc to prop everything up. It will be well worth the extra 24 hrs now for a long service life of a good adhesive. A knowedgeable van builder may tell me different about sikaflex but i have used this stuff in all sorts of applications and have not had any drama's when used correctly.
I just reread your post and noticed the heavy duty part of it. Makes me re-recomend the extra 24 hrs wait as cheap if you want it to last.

Props. Plenty of props.
I use 25mm foam as the contact surface onto the ply to protect it.
Work toward an exit point.
May sound simple but you end up with a forest and a long wait if you go the wrong way.
Cheers Cam

hi sharron

i worked for a rather large boat building company and did all the fit out of the gloss timber walls in the boats

so what we did was,yes,use sikaflex but also use blobs of pink car bog in a few spots and and put sika blobs around too,the car bog goes off within a few minutes depending on how much hardener you put in and that will hold it solid while the sika goes off and that will take care of what you need to do.
oh.. and make sure that you rough up the areas with coarse sandpaper so it will stick.

regards

brentos

FULLER FULAPRENE 303

This time of year you are going to have issues drying with anything especially the ceiling. Majority of glues even while they may be fast drying are not load supporting in under 24 hrs.
We built campervans with Fulaprene 303 and never had anything come lose.

Liquid Nails, cheap and effective. I swear by it, used it to hold bricks in place, used it to do the odd tile and magic for doing any cabinet work, window frame repairs. Just as good as any other product but cheaper.
Also for boging use builders bog, plenty of different types around, also very cheap to buy, I have sculptured, withg it, filled holes, you can sand, grind, nail, paint and put glue/adhesive on this stuff.
These 2 products served me well and saved me alot of money while doing my home renovations.
Cheers.

I repaired Caravans for over 20 years.........Liquid nails is the stuff to use. If you got a steelframe ceiling fit timber studs next to them and staple it to the timber as well.
cheers
Reiner