Adhesive

For a general and scholarly article about Adhesives see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesives

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)
• hot-melt 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
• etc etc

Adhesive Selector Grid

Which adhesive is best for any 2 given materials?

http://www.elessar.org.uk/adhesives.pdf