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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