EVO-STIK Impact Adhesive 250ml - Multipurpose High-Strength Contact Glue - Bonds Instantly - Fast Drying

BEST STRONG GLUE I'VE FOUND. Miles better than superglue or gorilla glue as it dries to strong enough to manhandle the object after 1-2 minutes, then one to two days for a full cure. Gives some working time but the adhesion happens very quickly so you do have to make sure to align it correctly the first go around. Important things I learned: - Use it outside and WEAR A RESPIRATOR MASK. The fumes are STRONG. - Get a couple of cheap paint brushes to apply it. They will become sticks with a blob of glue for an end so be prepared to go through a brush or two if you really care about clean seams. - You need to apply a layer of glue to the two different objects you are gluing together on the surface where they will adhere, wait a minute or two for the glue to become touch dry THEN push the two surfaces together. It works much better and leaves a cleaner seam (leaving very little to no glue squidges from pushing the surfaces together). - The tin size is good but you may want to get a smaller tin if only using it for small projects because once opened, the glue starts to get thicker over time (over about 2 weeks) until it cures solid to the base of the tin. - I would recommend using single-use nitrile or latex gloves, double gloved (i.e. two gloves on each hand) instead of marigold gloves as that ended with my nice kitchen gloves getting stuck to each other and, even though they only touched for a second, ripping when I pulled them apart. Double gloved because you can remove if/when they get glue on them and easily re-glove without having to be super careful of not touching the glue. Even so, super worth the money (inc. for extra paintbrushes, box of gloves and the respirator mask). I used it for gluing EVA foam together for a cosplay and it held up amazingly! We also used it when a suction cup base for the netting in the garden wouldn't stay in place when it got windy and it hasn't unadhered since!! And that's between slate and a heavy duty suction cup through quite a few wind storms! I would highly recommend using this glue, especially when you need a glue that doesn't become brittle but stays a bit flexible when dry while still being extremely strong.

This is a really useful glue. It binds really well and creates a strong bond. I used it for edge banding in my kitchen. The edge banding I wasn’t the iron on stuff. This worked really well on it. It's a bit messy to put on and you need to be careful (gloves and covering surfaces). But it's fairly forgiving when you get it on the surface your working on. It's not a quick glue. You have to wait for 10-15mins before you can glue it down etc. The applicator is rubbish and you'd be before off getting some cheap plastic applicators to make it easier for you. But it was perfect for my needs in the kitchen and edge banding.

Very good product which acts quickly to glue almost everything together. Its a fairly thick consistency to be mindful of that when applying. Great product for the price tag.

Really good adhesive. Easy to use. Works well on all areas.

Great glue very tacky I needed a glue to use for vinyl poster to stick to a vinyl painters canvas and it worked perfectly and stuck very well would recommend this product

Excellent glues any thing

This glue is REALLY STRONG!! (And versatile) It comes out the perfect thickness/ a bit too thin (? slightly sometimes) and it gives you lots of great glue for a small price! Sometimes it doesn’t work great because it dries up, so make sure to remove all excess glue so the cap doesn’t stick on.

When I first opened the can I was wondering why it didn't look like the old Evo-Stik that I remember using, which was was coloured a bit like the Caramac chocolate bar and completely opaque. This version is more like a slightly buff coloured clear varnish and it is definitely a lot thinner/runnier than the old one too, so you will have to be careful applying it. I needn't have worried though, they might have changed the formula but it's still sticks things, and itself together like billy-o. But don't wait the 20 minutes that it advises on the tin. More on this later! I used it to stick a diorama made for a King Tiger tank which was built on ⅛" ply, onto a piece of of prepared MDF which I was using for the display base. As it really is quite runny I was really careful in applying it. In a way though, this is an improvement on the old stuff because I could actually put this on with a flat ended modelling paint brush and could control where the edge was, and that would have been impossible with the old Evo-Stik. I used the diorama as a template, and put a very thin pencil line around and the area where the bonding was to go, which is where this less viscous version was a lot easier to control during application. I couldn't use clamps or weights, so I needed something that would hold instantly. When I saw how different it was I also prepared two parts of the same materials as a test piece before trying it out on the real project. And it was here that I learnt a lesson. After waiting the 20 minutes as per instructions on the can, the glued surfaces were bone dry and would not stick, even a little, they just slid off each other. The room was cold with the shed door open for ventilation (December), something like 11⁰c, maybe this affected the curing time. I re-applied - and after waiting just 5 minutes and carefully placing the parts together - they stuck. Careful with the alignment though, as others have advised, because you won't move them once they are stuck! Also do please use in a place that is well ventilated, especially if you are doing close and precise application of this stuff like I was, otherwise you'll be back to the 70's shouting "hey man, I'm freakin' out.. with an imaginary Joe Walsh. It is serious stuff and requires serious safety measures - seriously!