Doe's anyone have a suggestion as to what kind of glue to use to hold the Sunbrella brand outdoor cloth to the 1 piece slate? I am not to worried about the sides of the slate as they will be glued and held down by the rails and rail bolts but I am concerned about what to use in the pocket area. The table is on a deck and is 100% exposed to the sun,wind,rain and snow. Thanks for any help.
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ChrisShanklin
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This may be silly but what about something made to never unbond, like super glue, correct me if I am wrong but 3M10 would probably lose it's bond from humidity.
That may work in the pocket area just for the tabs under the slate, I think any type of regular contact cement or spray glue may eventually fail due to moisture or the heat from the sun breaking it down but I don't know. Maybe there is a marine grade contact cement I can find that will work, I guess I could call an outdoor pool table company and see what they use.
We have some slates sitting outside at Diamond that have the bed cloth on them, with 3M10...year around, so did the BCA in Vegas...year after year...and the cloth never pulled up...not in snow, rain, heat or anything else.
Glen
Thanks for the info.
glue
I have done a few outdoor tables where i'm from in Florida, i've always used Barge cement and duct taped the fingers like a bar table.
In the last 4 years i have been back to fix one problem pocket,
i did not put enough glue on the sunbrella cloth.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Joe
I have done a few outdoor tables where i'm from in Florida, i've always used Barge cement and duct taped the fingers like a bar table.
In the last 4 years i have been back to fix one problem pocket,
i did not put enough glue on the sunbrella cloth.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Joe
update... the sun was hot today in S.Jersey and very windy too. This table had some kind of rubberized cloth on it, very sticky and came off in lots of little pieces that blew in my face while I was kneeling and laying on my back staring into the sun scraping it off. I should finish it tomorrow or Saturday morning. Will post a few pics when I get back to Va.
`Just one pic today of the finished table, lots of lessons learned, Hot and windy the whole time installing the bed cloth, the slate was too hot to rest your hand on while brushing/cleaning/scraping it off which also speeded up the set up time working with the contact cement . The Sunbrella cloth is nice and has a tight weave with very little stretch(almost none), until it cooked in the sun for a while on that hot slate and then I got some more when I came back from helping the friend who got me this job install a new Basketball goal. I will go back next month to see how its holding up .
