Auday1 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I have a simple question. In order to install improved knee/thigh bracing in my NDK Explorer, I had to remove the 1/4 inch foam padding that was installed at the factory. The old thin foam pad broke apart and I ended up with a lot of dried glue with pieces of the foam left on the boat. Question: What should I use to remove the old glue on a fiberglass boat? Another question: I plan on installing new, more aggressive, knee foam bracing using Dap Weldwood Gel Contact Cement . . . Is this a good idea? Or, is there a better product? Any advice would be much appreciated . . . Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Gwynn Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 This thread should answer your questions..and then some. http://www.nspn.org/forum/index.php?showto...hl=seat+removal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auday1 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 This thread should answer your questions..and then some. http://www.nspn.org/forum/index.php?showto...hl=seat+removal Thanks for referencing this thread, Bill. It answered both of my questions. For those of you with a similar situation, I have come to the conclusion to gently scrap off the pieces of foam that still remains and then use lacquer thinner and perhaps some sanding to help remove some of the glue. Whatever glue remains, I will simply glue right over the top of it when I put in my new foam knee/thigh braces. Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nystrom Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Thanks for referencing this thread, Bill. It answered both of my questions. For those of you with a similar situation, I have come to the conclusion to gently scrap off the pieces of foam that still remains and then use lacquer thinner and perhaps some sanding to help remove some of the glue. Whatever glue remains, I will simply glue right over the top of it when I put in my new foam knee/thigh braces. Bryan That sounds like a plan, although sanding shouldn't be necessary unless the foam was glued in with polyester resin or epoxy, which is fairly common practice on British boats (especially older ones), but I haven't seen it used on North American made boats. Weldwood gel contact cement is the best product I've found for installing foam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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