Adhesive Velcro not sticking enough ?

[espr3ss0]

I got some adhesive Velcro (VELCRO Brand Heavy Duty Stick On Strips) stuck them to a long Multi Socket under a wooden desk and it keeps falling off, the Velcro itself is stickier than the adhesive. Wondering if other people have had this problem and how they solved it ?

[ARikozuM]

Use epoxy. Tape and adhesives are usually unreliable with wood especially if you're using an oil-based stain or wax coating. 

[espr3ss0]

It's only rough wood no coating.

[The1Dickens]

4 hours ago, espr3ss0 said:

Wondering if other people have had this problem and how they solved it ?

Used stronger double-sided pressure tape, or a staple gun on light settings. For the power bar (Multi Socket is just a strip of 6-8 sockets, right?), all of the bars I have seen have holes on the backside to mount onto screws. Find a screw head that fits in the larger section, and screw it in until about 1/10 to 1/8 inch sticking out, and slide on the power bar.

 

The pressure tape holds onto to wood very well, as I used it constantly to hold plywood sheets down for running on a CNC machine (smaller parts liked to move, even if vacuum on table was good).

[espr3ss0]

1 hour ago, The1Dickens said:

For the power bar (Multi Socket is just a strip of 6-8 sockets, right?), all of the bars I have seen have holes on the backside to mount onto screws. Find a screw head that fits in the larger section ...

It is and has was wondering the same thing.

[espr3ss0]

20 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Use epoxy. Tape and adhesives are usually unreliable with wood especially if you're using an oil-based stain or wax coating. 

Any Epoxy glue ?

[Bombastinator]

Adhesive can only be as strong as what it is adhering to.  If it’s adhering to dust or very soft wood fibers that aren’t connected to the wood very well it’s going to do that.

[PyroTheWise]

Staple gun - staple the velcro strips in place is my suggestion

[Pickles von Brine]

2 part epoxy will work pretty well, but I am second for  staple gun. 

[espr3ss0]

Always a consideration thanks.

 

[Guest]

Those strips should have holes, if you’re lucky, at the back. They are used for when you mount them - use two small screws and use them to mount it according to the holes.

[NineEyeRon]

I generally mount these with screws and hang using the screw holes at the back.

 

You would be unlucky to have one without screw holes as I haven’t seen one yet without.

[zassou]

use vhb tape

[ARikozuM]

On 4/26/2020 at 2:36 PM, espr3ss0 said:

It's only rough wood no coating.

Make sure you plane the mounting area flat. 

[divito]

Screw to actually mount the power bar itself would be my first suggestion. If not desired, I'd staple/screw the velcro strip since you say it's just rough wood.

Otherwise there are some strong mounting tapes you can try. I would say actual adhesive/epoxy would be a last resort.

[The1Dickens]

On 4/28/2020 at 3:38 AM, NineEyeRon said:

I generally mount these with screws and hang using the screw holes at the back.

 

You would be unlucky to have one without screw holes as I haven’t seen one yet without.

I was unlucky once. :( I unscrewed the housing, and then drilled my own holes, and used a screw with a wide flange on the head to mount it, then put the housing back together.