Topic: I'm thinking of gluing together some green Uni-foam filter material

[grcamna2]

I want to make my own filter using green Uni-Filter universal foam that sells in a sheet of foam.I want to know what good quality,strong glue have you used to get a real good,tight bond between both pieces of foam? I'll be removing the element many times to wash out and re-oil so i want to get the best glue. Does the glue gun stuff work ?
I plan on cutting across and matching both flat ends of the foam together and gluing along that length to build one round filter 'tube' that can be slipped on a round screen that i'll be using and back off again for washing w/ solvent,cleaning & oiling.

[70CB750]

[Kenzo]

Many of the foam filters use heat "welded" seams. Would be very hard to reproduce and still look good.

I would ask the manufacturer what they recommend.

Cheers,
Kenzo

[firebane]

Anything to glue sheets of foam together is just going to take away from the air flow. As mentioned you could heat weld the seams using a soldering iron or something similiar.

[Garage_guy_chris]

That super77 will soften and let go at fairly low temperature something like 110 F i was just looking into it for another project. Also i wouldn't trust it around fuel. You may think an air filter is safe from fuel but with spit back and evaporation it will be exposed to some fuel

[grcamna2]

Have you ever tried gluing a new filter foam together ? 

[Kevin D]

I used pliobond cement and glued two filters together with oh... a 1/2" lap lap joint at each end. It has held up for 14 years.

[grcamna2]

I used pliobond cement and glued two filters together with oh... a 1/2" lap lap joint at each end. It has held up for 14 years.

What style Pliobond? contact liquid cement,etc.  stock # ?

[Kevin D]

Yes, I think Pliobond 20 would be the current product . I used to use Goodyear branded Pliobond, looks like the Ruscoe company is the mfr. and yes it is contact cement

http://0363d88.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ruscoe-Full-line.pdf