The perspex windows on my cat are held in by 6mm double sided tape and some Fixtech 200

www.whitworths.com.au/fixtech-fs200-low-modulus-silicone-black-310ml

This is the bees knees. Don't bother with sikaflex or others. Clean with meths, add the tape and squeeze into join.

Thankyou , Sounds like the right stuff .

elbows said..
I've tried silicon , any suggestions before i fork out for the more expensive tubes of goo ?

Bathroom Silicon, like MDF, is one of those materials that should NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, get anywhere near a boat.

Fixtech is good, and actually does what you think it does.

Toph said..

stray said..

Kankama said..
The perspex windows on my cat are held in by 6mm double sided tape and some Fixtech 200

www.whitworths.com.au/fixtech-fs200-low-modulus-silicone-black-310ml

This is the bees knees. Don't bother with sikaflex or others. Clean with meths, add the tape and squeeze into join.

What type of double sided tape do you use?
cheers.

Andy from Boatworks (my goto YouTube channel) talks about a 3M tape. He also stresses that it's the tape that does the fastening.

That's interesting, I used a couple of screws to hold the polycarbonate in place until
the fixtech cured then backed them out and filled the holes.

I don't use just the tape - I think it does the holding till the Fixtech hardens up. I would not like to use the tape and then just a non holding silicone. In fact in reality I still like a bolt at each end of my windows. My large windows have a bit of a curve in them and they can start to lift up at the narrower point, so a single bolt in the corners helps stop lifting and stops the windows falling off if the tape and fixtech let go. Strangely enough, the only problem I have with my setup is when the Wattyl Poly 400 polyurethane peeled off and the screws keep the window on until I get the time to rip the whole thing off, paint and redo.

But tape and fixtech is really good stuff - no leaks which is always nice.

Follow the fixtech directions as to scuffing, cleaning & black out procedures it will stick and be sealed. The overall appearance will dictated by the masking up and overall meticulously working clean, be prepared for the tape coming of the wet edge to be disposed of immediately into a bucket, otherwise you will have it every where, ( change gloves as soon as they get contaminated) and it does adhere to everything ! A little skill with the calking gun and pre planning will deliver a pro job