Patent ID: 7897006

Claim:
A method of adhering a first material to a second material, comprising the steps of: a. positioning the first material on a work surface, with an adhesion zone exposed; b. applying an anchoring adhesive to the first material or to the second material or to both, to form a plurality of substantially isolated adhesive anchors separated by interstitial spaces; c. after the adhesive anchors have cured to form a plurality of physical and chemical bonding sites within the adhesion zone, applying a bonding adhesive to the first material or to the second material or to both before the bonding adhesive has cured, the anchoring adhesive after curing of the anchoring adhesive having a relatively higher degree of adhesion to the first material or to the second material or to both than the degree of adhesion of the bonding adhesive to the first material or to the second material or to both after curing of the bonding adhesive; d. placing the second material into contact with the adhesive anchors and then curing the bonding adhesive to bond the bonding adhesive to the adhesive anchors; and e. removing the bonded first and second materials from the work surface, whereby the bonding adhesive intrudes into the interstitial spaces before curing and when cured bonds to the adhesive anchors.