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What type of glue are E6000 and B7000? Which is better?
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What type of glue are E6000 and B7000? Which is better?
Almost every adhesive joint benefits from clamping to bring the “glue line” to the “perfect” thickness, which varies from compound to compound.
E6000 is an oddball. It’s a solvated solution of Kraton SBS elastomer that has phenomenal elongation properties and strength with decent adhesion. That means that clamping is mainly to hold the elements stable while the solvent evaporates (there is no polymerization reaction going on.)
I don’t know of any experimental work done with this adhesive so I can only offer my guess that clamping should be “snug” but not too tight. Great quantification, right?
Clamping of this system becomes very important if the bonded substrates are non-porous. For instance, if sticking two sheets of glass together, it can take weeks for the solvent to migrate out of the glue line and achieve a full cure.
Almost every adhesive joint benefits from clamping to bring the “glue line” to the “perfect” thickness, which varies from compound to compound.
E6000 is an oddball. It’s a solvated solution of Kraton SBS elastomer that has phenomenal elongation properties and strength with decent adhesion. That means that clamping is mainly to hold the elements stable while the solvent evaporates (there is no polymerization reaction going on.)
I don’t know of any experimental work done with this adhesive so I can only offer my guess that clamping should be “snug” but not too tight. Great quantification, right?
Clamping of this system becomes very important if the bonded substrates are non-porous. For instance, if sticking two sheets of glass together, it can take weeks for the solvent to migrate out of the glue line and achieve a full cure.
Depends what you are doing. Sometimes only one or the other will work.
Most of the time, wood glue is better.
Super glue… good for very small inlays. Also good for reattaching splinters sometimes. Comes in different viscosities, which have different applications.
And then there’s the luthier’s masking-tape-and-superglue trick, which is great for holding down small parts while you work on them… but the superglue doesn’t end up being part of the finished product.
Depends what you are doing. Sometimes only one or the other will work.
Most of the time, wood glue is better.
Super glue… good for very small inlays. Also good for reattaching splinters sometimes. Comes in different viscosities, which have different applications.
And then there’s the luthier’s masking-tape-and-superglue trick, which is great for holding down small parts while you work on them… but the superglue doesn’t end up being part of the finished product.
Almost every adhesive joint benefits from clamping to bring the “glue line” to the “perfect” thickness, which varies from compound to compound.
E6000 is an oddball. It’s a solvated solution of Kraton SBS elastomer that has phenomenal elongation properties and strength with decent adhesion. That means that clamping is mainly to hold the elements stable while the solvent evaporates (there is no polymerization reaction going on.)
I don’t know of any experimental work done with this adhesive so I can only offer my guess that clamping should be “snug” but not too tight. Great quantification, right?
Clamping of this system becomes very important if the bonded substrates are non-porous. For instance, if sticking two sheets of glass together, it can take weeks for the solvent to migrate out of the glue line and achieve a full cure.
Almost every adhesive joint benefits from clamping to bring the “glue line” to the “perfect” thickness, which varies from compound to compound.
E6000 is an oddball. It’s a solvated solution of Kraton SBS elastomer that has phenomenal elongation properties and strength with decent adhesion. That means that clamping is mainly to hold the elements stable while the solvent evaporates (there is no polymerization reaction going on.)
I don’t know of any experimental work done with this adhesive so I can only offer my guess that clamping should be “snug” but not too tight. Great quantification, right?
Clamping of this system becomes very important if the bonded substrates are non-porous. For instance, if sticking two sheets of glass together, it can take weeks for the solvent to migrate out of the glue line and achieve a full cure.
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Depends what you are doing. Sometimes only one or the other will work.
Most of the time, wood glue is better.
Super glue… good for very small inlays. Also good for reattaching splinters sometimes. Comes in different viscosities, which have different applications.
And then there’s the luthier’s masking-tape-and-superglue trick, which is great for holding down small parts while you work on them… but the superglue doesn’t end up being part of the finished product.
Depends what you are doing. Sometimes only one or the other will work.
Most of the time, wood glue is better.
Super glue… good for very small inlays. Also good for reattaching splinters sometimes. Comes in different viscosities, which have different applications.
And then there’s the luthier’s masking-tape-and-superglue trick, which is great for holding down small parts while you work on them… but the superglue doesn’t end up being part of the finished product.
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