Adhesive

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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

Adhesive Selector Grid

Which adhesive is best for any 2 given materials?

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