Avery Dennison engineers tapes for a wide range of marine applications. Bonding to surfaces such as fiberglass, aluminum and wood, these durable pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes can withstand years of use in challenging marine environments.
Our marine tape solutions are used across a broad range of applications, including:
Boat hull assembly and component bonding
Attachment of marine-grade panels, trims, and insulation
Fastening of marine exhaust insulation wraps and heat shields
Sealing electronics and control units to protect against water ingress
Mounting signage, hatches, and windows with double-sided, waterproof tape
Each solution is designed to replace or work in conjunction with mechanical fasteners or liquid adhesives. Used alone, tapes offer a cleaner, lighter, and more efficient bonding alternative that streamline production and improve aesthetics.
Adhesive tapes offer marine vessel manufacturers significant advantages over other bonding methods.
Tapes offer a simple “peel-and-stick/instant-bond” alternative to messy liquid adhesives (which typically require cure time) and complicated mechanical fasteners. Adhesives can be engineered for easy repositionability, reducing rework and waste on an assembly line.
Tapes are engineered to withstand exposure to UV light, moisture, high and low temperatures, and climatic extremes. They can provide consistently high performance throughout the service life of a vessel, helping improve overall quality and minimizing the need for warranty issues.
We offer a wide range of tape construction options depending on your application needs. If you require a unique product, our ISO-9000 laboratory can create custom tape constructions for your use case.
Creating high-performance adhesive tapes for marine applications isn’t just about bonding materials together, it’s about engineering products that can endure long-term exposure to moisture, heat, and mechanical stress. Our R&D teams have addressed these challenges by developing:
Avery Dennison marine bonding tapes are compatible and able to adhere to a wide range of surfaces, including:
Aluminum, stainless steel, and painted metals
Composite and fiberglass materials
Marine-grade plastics and coated surfaces
Textiles, foams, and insulation materials
This broad compatibility ensures optimal performance for OEMs, designers and converters building everything from pleasure boats to commercial vessels.
Marine applications demand the highest level of performance and reliability. That’s why our tapes are developed and tested under rigorous quality control programs. Based on the application, products can be tested and validated for:
Water, salt spray and chemical resistance
Peel and shear strength on wet and dry surfaces
Long-term UV and thermal performance
Compliance with marine-grade bonding requirements
Whether you're building for open waters, high-speed performance, or extreme durability, we deliver adhesive tapes you can trust.
Our marine-grade adhesive tapes, including double sided foam and waterproof marine adhesive tape products are engineered to protect and perform. With Avery Dennison, you get a trusted collaborator committed to delivering solutions for your marine bonding challenge. Let’s work together to create what’s never been done, on the water and beyond.
FM 2316 is a 68 mil double-coated white polyethylene foam with a modified acrylic adhesive. It bonds well to low surface energy (LSE) materials and has the ability to fill gaps.
FM 2454 is a 35 mil, double-coated, black polyethylene foam with a moisture resistant acrylic adhesive. It bonds very well to glass and ceramic, including in moist environments.
FT F3328 LV is a 3 mil transfer tape with an acrylic adhesive designed to meet Low VOC requirements for interior applications. Resistant to UV light, heat, humidity and most solvents, It has a good balance, tack, peel and shear, bonding well to both low and high surface energy materials.
The Avery Dennison product portfolio includes a wide variety of constructions, chemistries, and functional additives. These products are backed by our superior customer service and technical support staff. You can be confident in your Avery Dennison solution.
We also can collaborate on custom solutions. Avery Dennison goes beyond bonding, offering you access to our research and development facilities and subject matter experts that can work with your team to produce the unique product you're seeking for your application.
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