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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #15 on: 22 February 2015, 22:32:52 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 22 February 2015, 22:32:06
Quote from: STMO on 22 February 2015, 22:29:41
Quote from: Andy B on 22 February 2015, 22:28:20
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:26:18
Said staples don't actually pass through the plastic...  .....

I'm sure sjc knows what a staple looks like .......  ::) ::)  ;)
Our local staples has closed. It's a macdonalds now.

I once saw oof described as "the superbly technical omega owners forum" you know.
Hmmmmm...lies, I'm afraid  ;D
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #16 on: 22 February 2015, 22:33:49 »
Quote from: Andy B on 22 February 2015, 22:28:20
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:26:18
Said staples don't actually pass through the plastic...  .....

I'm sure sjc knows what a staple looks like .......  ::) ::)  ;)
Patronising Soandso... Having failed to successfully carry out this precise operation on an Omega, rather than a Smart car door mat, I would like to think my contribution was actually useful.
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #17 on: 22 February 2015, 22:35:21 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:33:49
... rather than a Smart car door mat, I would like to think my contribution was actually useful.

carpet  ;)

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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #18 on: 22 February 2015, 22:36:35 »
Quote from: Andy B on 22 February 2015, 22:35:21
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:33:49
... rather than a Smart car door mat, I would like to think my contribution was actually useful.

carpet  ;)


.....and " helpfull " ;D
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #19 on: 22 February 2015, 22:36:55 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:33:49
.... Having failed to successfully carry out this precise operation on an Omega,  ....

I bought the gaiter for my Omega but the car was sold before I got around to fitting it .......  ::) ::)
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #20 on: 22 February 2015, 22:40:48 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:26:18
Said staples don't actually pass through the plastic... They merely locate the gaiter whilst they are heat welded in place...

Good luck making replacement fit...

Yeah, they were only just in to the plastic and no more.

I could drill a number of small holes and kinda 'stitch' it on but I'm looking for a lazy solution  ;)
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #21 on: 22 February 2015, 22:43:50 »
I'll maybe just leave it off and class it as weight reduction  ;D ;D :D :-X
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #22 on: 22 February 2015, 22:48:13 »
Quote from: sjc on 22 February 2015, 22:40:48
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:26:18
Said staples don't actually pass through the plastic... They merely locate the gaiter whilst they are heat welded in place...

Good luck making replacement fit...

Yeah, they were only just in to the plastic and no more.

I could drill a number of small holes and kinda 'stitch' it on but I'm looking for a lazy solution  ;)
Drill a number of small holes and put nice shiny self tappers in.
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #23 on: 22 February 2015, 22:50:40 »
Quote from: STMO on 22 February 2015, 22:48:13
Quote from: sjc on 22 February 2015, 22:40:48
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:26:18
Said staples don't actually pass through the plastic... They merely locate the gaiter whilst they are heat welded in place...

Good luck making replacement fit...

Yeah, they were only just in to the plastic and no more.

I could drill a number of small holes and kinda 'stitch' it on but I'm looking for a lazy solution  ;)
Drill a number of small holes and put nice shiny self tappers in.

Nah, drill one big hole and drive a M8 bolt straight through.  :y
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #24 on: 22 February 2015, 22:51:42 »
Quote from: STMO on 22 February 2015, 22:48:13
Quote from: sjc on 22 February 2015, 22:40:48
Quote from: Taxi Al on 22 February 2015, 22:26:18
Said staples don't actually pass through the plastic... They merely locate the gaiter whilst they are heat welded in place...

Good luck making replacement fit...

Yeah, they were only just in to the plastic and no more.

I could drill a number of small holes and kinda 'stitch' it on but I'm looking for a lazy solution  ;)
Drill a number of small holes and put nice shiny self tappers in.

It may come to that  ;D
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #25 on: 22 February 2015, 23:30:00 »
Returning to the question; you want the sort of impact adhesive that trimmers use for exactly this sort of job.
Spread a thin coat on both the plastic and the leather, and press them together. Hold for a few seconds and you're done.
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #26 on: 23 February 2015, 08:13:07 »
Quote from: sjc on 22 February 2015, 20:31:40
I bought a new leather handbrake gaiter and need to attach it to the plastic frame - the original one was stapled on but I don't have anything that's powerful enough to put the new one on like that so was thinking best to glue it on somehow.

Anyone done this?

Think I may have some bostik impact adhesive kicking about, would that work?

Have just completed this job on my 2 and they both stay in place without anything. If you put them over frame and push in place the friction holds it nicely :-)
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #27 on: 23 February 2015, 08:20:09 »
To the OP, have some cream gaiters matching the cream leather door cards, and they're on with a hot glue gun, and been on in daily use and abuse for about 4 years now, without shifting.  :)

As steve6367 states, I suspect the friction fit is a large contributor to this.
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #28 on: 23 February 2015, 09:00:29 »
The issue we had was that the leather was simply to thick to fit, and completely the wrong shape... which was frustrating as it looks like a nice cosmetic job :-\
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Re: What will stick leather to plastic?
« Reply #29 on: 23 February 2015, 09:12:42 »
If it was the wrong shape (as in my case, actually)  was the issue that the gaiters were made for PFL, not FL? It never occurred to me at the time, but the FL gaiters are, I think, a little longer than PFL. Took a bit of a stretch but I got it in in the end.   :)
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