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  • dimeadozen

    Feb. 26, 2011 6:46 a.m. dimeadozen Reader

    My G20 has a little plastic footrest pad to the left of the clutch pedal that was originally bonded to the carpeting with adhesive. It fell off about a year ago, and has been sitting in a drawer in my workbench ever since.

    At the time, I cleaned the adhesive residue off the carpet and pad the best I could, and used some "high strength" spray adhesive to attach it. That worked great- for about 2 days.

    Has anyone here ever used Shoe Goo adhesive for a repair like this? My thoughts are that it is meant to bond dissimilar materials, and surely if it can withstand the twisting motions placed on a shoe, it should be able to withstand an occasional twisting motion from the bottom of a shoe, no?

  • 1988RedT2

    Feb. 26, 2011 6:59 a.m. 1988RedT2 Dork

    It's worth a try. Not having any shoe goo around, I would probably be tempted to try a couple coats of Contact Cement.

  • shuttlepilot

    Feb. 26, 2011 9:09 a.m. shuttlepilot Reader

    In reply to dimeadozen:

    I am not sure if ShoeGoo is the same as GOOP, but i've had great luck with GOOP. You will need to rough up the glue side of the pad as best you can with 60 or 100 grit to give it a surface to bite to. Make sure your sanding pattern is cross hatched to ensure it gets everything.

  • Rad_Capz

    Feb. 26, 2011 11:56 a.m. Rad_Capz Reader

    Sticky backed velcro might work if the carpet is in reasonably good condition and depending if it is cut pile or loop. Just stick the hook part on the back of the pad and trim to fit.

    Shoe goo doesn't adhere well to certain types of hard plastic. (Owned a skateshop and used it for many things over the years) So I'd test the goo on a small part of the pad first if you go that route.

  • Dr. Hess

    Feb. 26, 2011 6:52 p.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork

    I've used Sportsman's Goop or something like that to glue a broken turn signal back together so we could get home. I had to dig it out to get it back apart. The only problem with it that I've had is that it seems to either not be UV resistant or gets hard by itself over time and will come loose, but for a couple years, it will stick like you wouldn't believe.

    In your situation, however, I would try Liquid Nails.

  • pres589

    Feb. 26, 2011 10:50 p.m. pres589 HalfDork

    In reply to amy001:

    canoe

 
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