Heavy duty projects need heavy duty adhesives! Strong construction adhesives are ideal for fixing concrete, brick, metal, and other strong materials. We’ll tell you how to choose the right construction adhesive for your DIY project and how to apply these professional grade glues.
Sometimes a standard glue just won’t cut it. For heavy duty DIY projects involving strong, heavy or porous materials you need a construction adhesive. This is because construction glues bond to most materials and can be used in different conditions, even when it’s wet or cold.
Construction adhesives are great for all kinds of DIY jobs which require a strong multi-surface adhesive. The strong formula of construction adhesives means that they can be used to attach skirting boards, architrave, mouldings, coving, plasterboard and fixtures to walls.
Construction adhesives normally come in tubes, cartridges or applicators. Here’s what you need to know about using construction glue.
For tougher jobs both indoors and outdoors, go for a stronger construction adhesive such as one in the UniBond No More Nails range. This is how to use a UniBond No More Nails Construction adhesive in a cartridge:
- Cut off tip of the cartridge above the screw thread.
- Screw on plastic nozzle and diagonally cut off the tip of the nozzle.
- Place cartridge into gun.
- Apply adhesive onto one of the surfaces: a) In spots in order to smooth uneven surfaces, b) in wave-like form for higher initial tack with wide surfaces (indoors only) or c) in straight strands for smaller surfaces and d) firmly press it in place with a twisting action.
UniBond offers a number of heavy duty construction adhesives for every DIY project.
Make sure to add the UniBond No More Nails range to your DIY shopping list. Some of these construction glues can hold even the strongest and most difficult materials such as wood, brick, ceramic, tile, stone, metal, plastics (not PE, PP, PTFE) and glass! So, whether you’re making repairs or constructing something yourself, these all-purpose construction adhesives won’t let you down!
