Adhesive
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DIY adhesives
By Purpose
Wood
- PVA
- Animal
- Resin
- Polyurethane
- Acrylic
Metal
- Epoxy
- Polyurethane
- Contact
Plastics - PVC, ABS
- Solvent type
Plastics - hard
- Epoxy
- PU
- ...
Plastics - polyethylene, nylon
- nothing :-)
- ?glue will adhere flamed polythene and nylon
Fabric
- Latex, eg Copydex
Paper & Card
- PVA
- Gum
- Pritt-stick type
- Spray-type photo fixing etc
By Type
cyanoacrylate (superglue)
2-part epoxy ("Araldite" etc)
- Tough
- chemical resistant.
- Some types are heat resistant, some not. The ones that aren't may claim they are on the basis that they survive heat, even if they do lose all strength when hot.
- Grey liquid steel types from car accessory shops are much tougher than Araldite etc.
hot-melt glue
- Almost instant setting
- thus handy for creating structures where glue needs to set at each stage before the next can be glued
- not the strongest most durable glue
PVA liquid
Acrylic mastic type (e.g. "solvent-free Gripfill/No-more-nails/etc")
Solvent based building adhesives (Gripfill etc)
? type ("Sticks like SH!T" etc)
Polyurethane
Solvent cements
Tile adhesives
Adhesive Selector Grid
Which adhesive is best for any 2 given materials?