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FEATURE DIY ADHESIVES
Every household uses adhesives for everyday tasks including fixing of broken products, securing items to surfaces and school projects. This feature includes some of the more popular adhesives in the market and their applications.
Everyday DIY adhesives Alcolin Cold Glue
Alcolin
The original, high quality PVA glue that is excellent for bonding wood, leather, board, felt, cloth, paper and many other substrates. Can be used for everyday DIY projects around the home, arts
and crafts, interior furniture assembly, model building, photo mounting and wood lamination, to name a few.
a.b.e
Thanks to the brand new non-clogging precision nozzle, it is now easier than ever before to apply Cold Glue faster and more accurately, enabling the user to get into those hard-to-reach places. As an added bonus, Alcolin’s Cold Glue is non-toxic, non-flammable and the water-based formula ensures it is easy to clean up spills with water.
Alcolin Fast Set Wood Glue abe epidermix 372 epidermix 372 is a two component, solvent free, epoxy adhesive that is non-slump, suitable for most materials, non-toxic and once cured has
A fast setting, high quality PVA glue that provides excellent adhesion to hard and soft woods, processed boards, leather, felt, polystyrene, cork and many other substrates. Great to use when assembling indoor furniture with the use of dowels,
a compressive strength of 70 MPa.
finger joints and lamination.
USES
than wood, making it ideal for model building and craftwork as well.
• Often as a general epoxy adhesive for most materials, excluding certain plastics and stainless steel
It dries clear to form a tough, non-visible glue-line which is stronger Thanks to the brand new non-clogging precision nozzle, it is now easier than ever before to apply Fast Set Wood Glue faster and more accurately, enabling you to get into those hard-to-reach places.
• As a filler when filled with fine material such as wood flour, silica sand and talc, to match the material being filled • As a grouting medium for fixing dowels and bolts, horizontally into concrete and rock. APPLICATION Mix two base to one activator by volume. In general 1L mixed epidermix 372 covers 1m2 to a thickness of 1mm. Distributor: a.b.e | Call: 0860-223-773 Visit: www.abe.co.za MARCH 2021 DIY & INDUSTRIAL TRADE NEWS
Alcolin Ultra Wood Glue The most advanced water-based adhesive available in Alcolin’s Wood Glue range, providing excellent adhesion to hard woods (Imbuia and Oak), soft woods (Pine and Meranti) and composites (hardboard, chipboard and Supawood). Ideal for edge gluing, face gluing, finger jointing, doweling, veneering applications and general woodworking assembling. Alcolin Ultra Wood Glue is waterproof, so it can be used for interior and exterior applications and provides a tough glue line that allows for easy sanding. This super-fast, ultra-strong wood glue now comes with a new non-clogging precision nozzle, making it easier than ever before to apply adhesive faster and more accurately enabling you to get into those hard-to-reach places.