Figuring out what type of glue to use to adhere one material to another is important. Since there are endless combinations of things that could be adhered together, there needs to be some sort of guide. For example, we needed to glue a piece of wood to metal that was going to hold over 100 pounds.
We needed to find out the absolute best type of glue or adhesive to use to hold these 2 different materials together. We ended up finding a guide for gluing just about any type of material together. It’s called This To That and it will show you the most recommended type of glue to adhere things together. Below we have common materials and what type of glue or adhesive to use to hold them together.
Glue Guide For All Types Of Materials – What Type Of Glue To Use On…
- Glass To Metal – Loctite Impruv
- Metal To Wood – LePage’s Metal Epoxy
- Plastic To Metal – Faststeel Epoxy Putty
- Leather To Metal – Household Goop
- Felt To Metal – 3M 77
- Paper To Wood – Yamato Sticking Paste
- Fabric To Rubber – Barge
- Styrofoam To Vinyl – Hot Glue
- Glass To Wood – General Electric Silicone II
- Paper To Vinyl – Rhoplex
- Ceramic To Rubber – Household Goop
- Paper To Glass – Weldbond
- Leather To Vinyl – 3M 80
- Ceramic To Fabric – 3M 77
- Glass To Rubber – General Electric Silicone II
- Metal To Ceramic – J-B Weld
Do you have any great tips for gluing things together? If so please help out the visitors of this page and leave a comment below.
Written by Keith Schneerer
Certified Appliance Tech · Founder, RemoveAndReplace.com
Keith has spent 30+ years repairing machines, starting as a military mechanic and later maintaining food processing equipment before moving into appliance repair. He founded RemoveAndReplace.com to share field-tested repair advice.
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What glue or adhesive to use to put felt on fiberglass?
A hot glue gun – I made some cat scratching posts with PVC pipe, sisal rope and hot glue. Worked a treat.
Jim Calamaras,
Loctite Liquid Professional Super Glue is amazing indoor or outdoor.
Give it a try.
-RR
I want to glue manila rope to plastic trash can lid for an outdoor bird bath. It will be touching water Any tips will be appreciated.
What is the best glue for fixing sisal rope to PVC pipe? I have to wrap 2, 8′ PVC pipes (3″) to make cat scratching/climbing posts. I would normally use Oateys primer and cement on PVC, but I am worried about the fumes staying in the rope and being toxic for the cats.
Hot glue seems like the best alternative, but, given the amount that I have to wrap, would the glue gun stay hot? How far in advance could I apply glue (1minute/5 minutes….)
Many thanks for your expert advice!
Nicole,
Try hot glue guns or use other types of glues depending on the exact application. It will all depend on if the rope or cotton pipping is with or without backing like cardboard or another type of backing. You could also try caulk if you are mounting the rope.
-RR
What kind of glue should I use to glue cotton pipping to cotton pipping? (So rope to rope)