The best adhesives vary depending on the application, but here are some top choices for different needs:
1. Epoxy Adhesives
- Best For: Strong, durable bonds for metal, wood, ceramics, and plastics.
- Why: Epoxy is known for its exceptional strength and ability to withstand high temperatures and harsh conditions.
2. Super Glue (Cyanoacrylate)
- Best For: Quick bonding of small parts, particularly for plastic, metal, rubber, and ceramics.
- Why: Dries fast and forms a very strong bond, but works best on smooth, non-porous surfaces.
3. Hot Glue
- Best For: Crafting, DIY projects, and light-duty repairs on paper, fabric, and wood.
- Why: Fast-setting and versatile, though not as strong as other adhesives for heavy-duty tasks.
4. Construction Adhesive
- Best For: Heavy-duty applications like bonding drywall, wood, concrete, and metal in construction.
- Why: Strong enough for large-scale jobs and can withstand outdoor conditions.
5. Silicone Adhesive
- Best For: Waterproofing and bonding in high-moisture environments (e.g., bathrooms, kitchens).
- Why: Highly flexible and water-resistant, ideal for sealing joints and gaps.
6. Polyurethane Adhesive
- Best For: Bonding wood, metal, stone, ceramics, and plastics.
- Why: Very strong, resistant to water, and ideal for outdoor use.
7. Contact Cement
- Best For: Bonding large surfaces of wood, metal, or laminate.
- Why: Forms an immediate bond when pressed together and is ideal for surface areas that need to stay in place permanently.
8. Acrylic Adhesive
- Best For: Bonding metal, glass, and plastic.
- Why: Offers a strong bond with fast curing times and is often used in automotive or manufacturing applications.
Choosing the best adhesive depends on factors like the materials being bonded, environmental conditions, and whether you need a fast or durable bond. Do you have a specific project in mind that requires an adhesive?
Conventional Wash Basin installation
Wash basin installation onto the granite top is a cumbersome process without the right knowledge of adequate glue or sealant to be applied. In addition to knowing which sealant to use, it is also essential to know the right method of installation.
Contractors generally use white cement/ putty to seal the edges between basin and granite due to insufficient knowledge of sealants . The ‘putty’ cracks with time and unbinds the basin. As a result, leakage from the edges.
Bond with best adhesives from Supex
Supex products are made for use in a wide range of different applications. The adhesive and sealants we recommend that you employ for this particular application has high strength , bonds all surfaces, fast drying. One equal bead of granite adhesive applied in the washbasin seating areas on granite is sufficient to bond and seal the wash basin permanently. Additionally, its anti-fungal properties, the adhesive doesn’t tend to degrade on extended exposure to water.
What is MS polymer adhesive & sealant ?
MS Polymer Adhesive & Sealant is a highly elastic, high strength sealant and adhesive. Modified silicone polymers (MS Polymers) offer the best all round sealant and adhesive on the market, it excels where elastic construction joints are required. It is odourless, neutral and isocyanate free.
How to use MS polymer adhesive and sealants
- Firstly, clean the area to be sealed such that it is free from dust as well as loose particles
- Apply a uniform bead of Supex Bond All HT Adhesive on the seating area on Granite top
- Next, place the wash basin on the seating area
- Due to its weight, the wash basin settles on its own into the granite and bonds with the top.
- Finally, the basin is ready for service in 2-3 hours of bonding.
Benefits
- The sealant overall offers permanent bonding at minimal cost
- A simple process to use.
- Anti-fungal and anti-degrading properties of this granite adhesive . Further, these properties make it the right product to apply even so in bathrooms where the atmosphere is humid.
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Pictures of other applications.
Additional Application areas- Bonds almost anything to anything
- Elastic bonding of panels, profiles and other pieces on the most common surfaces (wood, MDF, chipboard, etc).
- Bonds without primer on mostly all materials used in the construction and automotive industry including aluminium, galvanized and stainless steel, zinc, copper, natural stone, concrete, brick, HPL panels, treated wood, gypsum, glass, various synthetic materials, glass, mirror, etc.
- Gluing of panels and elements in the interior and ceiling construction: wall cladding elements and ceiling panels (interior) as well as isolation panels (mineral wool, wood-wool cement & plastic foams, PUR, PIR, PS)
- Wooden & plastic laths, ornaments, frames, doorsteps, window sills, skirting boards, roofing elements…
- For purpose of bonding and sealing in high end extreme applications like marine, ship building, deck, plastic bonding, …
- Gluing and fitting of safety glass in the banking industry and fitting of cable ducts, mitres in aluminium windows, mirrors etc.
- Similarly, can be used for bonding materials in the automotive.
