Adhesive Selection

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Adhesive selection involves the following considerations:

The Substrates

What are you trying to bond? Are the surfaces the same or dissimilar, porous or smooth? Are you covering a large area? Do you have heat or solvent sensitive surfaces?

Application Restrictions

How do you intend to apply the adhesive? For instance:  spray, roll, heat gun, cartridge, squeeze bottle?

Use Requirements

How does the bonded piece get used? How much strength is required?

For example, bonding wood requires much more strength than decorative paper crafts do. What kind of environments might it see? Will it experience temperature extremes or water/steam?

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