What Glues to Use With What Projects?
Some helpful recommendations you may find useful. |
MATERIAL |
RECOMMENDATION |
ALTERNATIVE |
Plywood Shell & Walls |
Tacky |
Siding |
Contact Cement |
Quick Grip |
Shingles |
Tacky |
Quick Grip, Elmer's |
Trim |
TackyQuick Grip, Elmer's |
Windows & Doors |
Tacky |
Quick Grip, Elmer's |
Wallpaper, Ceiling Paper
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YES Glue |
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Carpet |
YES Glue, Bond 484 |
Spray Adhesive, Two sided tape |
Tile |
Aliene's Platinum Bond |
Spray Adhesive |
Brick1 |
Aliene's Platinum Bond |
Tacky, Elmer's |
Stone |
Mortar Mix |
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Hardwood Floor: Strips |
Aliene's Platinum Bond |
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Sheets |
Aliene's Platinum Bond |
Spray Adhesive |
Light Fixtures (to ceiling) |
Tacky |
Quick Grip |
Pictures |
QUIK-STIK |
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Landscaping |
Aliene's Platinum Bond |
Tacky, Elmer's |
Furniture (wooden) |
Tacky |
Elmer's, Tinted Glue |
Plastic kits |
Aliene's Platinum Bond |
Testors Plastic Model Cement |
Metal kits |
Zap-A-GapZap-A-Gap |
Epoxy |
Lights, Metal & Crystal2 |
Zap-A-Gap
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Epoxy |
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Name |
Type |
Tacky |
Squeezable tacky glue (Bond or Aileen's) |
Elmer's |
Yellow or White Glue |
QUIK-STIK |
Wax based, nonhardening temporary adhesive |
Quick Grip |
Solvent based glue. Contains NO water. |
Bond 484 |
Thick spreadable white tacky glue |
Bond 527 |
Testors Plastic Model Cement |
Spray Adhesive |
Contact cement |
YES Glue |
Grandmother Stover's |
Tinted Glue |
White glue with colorant added |
Zap-A-Gap |
"Super Glue" type adhesive. |
1 |
Mortar Mix is used to grout (fill between) the bricks |
Zap-A-Gap
2 |
Zap-A-GapZap-A-Gap does not work well on glass products. |
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