Why the label "Satan's Glue"

[onecoolair]

Bingo! There is no ONE SINGLE sealant for working on boats. Each job has needs and some require different products.

Even, gulp 5200, has applications that it is okay for. The reason it is called Satan's Glue is because so much hardware, port-lights, instruments, teak & gelcoat have been destroyed by the stuff over the years it has "earned" its well deserved reputation as Satan's Glue...... If it lasted forever, and never leaked, EVER, then fine glue it on, but it doesn't, so don't....

Heck even silicone has a place on a boat so you just need to chose the right poison for the right job...

This spring alone I destroyed a number of older Signet, Datamarine & other instruments that could have been kept for spares or used for spare "impossible to find" parts. 3M 5200 or similar made sure they would never again be used and only came out in pieces....

Mainsail....Ditto that!! You said it better then I could....

 

[finding41]

I read some ware about this great stuff. I've been using it and my boat just keeps getting dryer inside! I've been taking things off the deck, cleaning it well, counter sinking the old hole and using this stuff;

 

[Merlin Clark]

I think the easiest way to put it is that 5200 is an adhesive, NOT a bedding compound. Properly used (in an improper place) it can result in tearing fiberglass lamination apart.
I personally have had very bad results w/ butyl rubber products on a boat, but there are those who swear by it.
I heartily agree w/ Don S/V ILLusion, stanchions & deck hardware are definitely NOT items to glue down permanently.
I do wonder why no one has mentioned the only product which has been used for bedding things on a boat for centuries; "bedding compound"! Last time I bought some it was labeled "Bedlast" bedding compound. Mind you the stuff only last 15 or 20 years, but really.....

Is this the stuff http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=4400
Sailors and stinkpotters used that for many decades before 3m got involved....
I rebedded all my hardware and trim with butyl from Compass Marine and the only leaks I have are from leaving the ports open and forgetting to close before a rain!

 

[robertsapp]

Will it keep zombies from rising out of their graves?

I was going to comment on that myself, but I figured that anyone who builds caskets on his boat is NOT someone that I want to mess aound with.

 

[DAVA390]

I bought a used car this week, on the drivers door at the top of the interior door panel, hard up against the window glass is a half dollar sized spot where the vinyl interior has come loose from the foam backing underneath. As the window rises, the area of vinyl rubbing against the glass is wiggling upward also,increasing the size of the loose fabric area. I`m thinking i might be able to dab some 5200 on a popsicle stick, slide it under the vinyl, press bubbles out of vinyl as I slide the stick out. "What could possibly go wrong?" Dave

 

[dparilla]

"What could possibly go wrong?" Dave
You could end up with zombies in the overhead?

 

[Merlin Clark]

I bought a used car this week, on the drivers door at the top of the interior door panel, hard up against the window glass is a half dollar sized spot where the vinyl interior has come loose from the foam backing underneath. As the window rises, the area of vinyl rubbing against the glass is wiggling upward also,increasing the size of the loose fabric area. I`m thinking i might be able to dab some 5200 on a popsicle stick, slide it under the vinyl, press bubbles out of vinyl as I slide the stick out. "What could possibly go wrong?" Dave

I'd try something like 3m Super 77 spray adhesive. Great stuff.