Industrial Adhesives & Sealants News & Technical Guides
For over 20 years, Bondrite has been a trusted UK leader in high-performance industrial adhesives and sealants. This is where we share our latest company developments, expert bonding guides, and technical insights from our laboratory.
Whether you are looking for professional advice on substrate preparation, seeking the best adhesive for a specific application, or keeping up with our latest product innovations, you will find all our recent stories and technical resources right here.
- Tapes and Adhesives for Industrial Applications in 2026
What if the primary cause of your structural 20 MPa bond failure isn’t the adhesive itself, but a surface energy mismatch of less than 10… - Adhesive bonding vs spot welding for industrial metalwork in 2026
The traditional spot weld might be the weakest link in your 2026 production line when evaluating adhesive bonding vs spot welding for thin-gauge… - How to Master Adhesive Selection for Industrial Applications
Experience since the 1990s shows that 70% of adhesive failures in industrial applications stem from incorrect substrate preparation rather than the… - How to Use Double Sided Foam Tapes for Industrial Applications in 2026Laboratory testing confirms that 60% of industrial bond failures result from selecting a tape thickness that fails to compensate for substrate…
- The Professional Guide to Industrial Contact Adhesive PerformanceRapid bond failure occurring within 24 hours is rarely a product defect; it’s typically a failure of technical specification documented in ISO 9001…
- PVA Adhesive Guide for Industrial Woodworking and PackagingWhat if your bond failures in humid environments where relative humidity exceeds 65 percent are caused by using a D3 pva adhesive when the moisture…
- Professional Hot Melt Glue Guns for Industrial Applications in 2026Professional hot melt glue guns that fail to maintain a stable operating temperature of 210 degrees Celsius can cause a 35 per cent drop in adhesive…
- Structural epoxy resin supplier for high performance industrial bondingWhat if a single bond failure, occurring in 1 per cent of your production, from an unreliable structural epoxy resin supplier, causes a 48-hour…
- Choosing the Best 2 Part Epoxy Adhesive for Metal Applications in 2026Welding and riveting are no longer the only options for achieving a structural bond, as a high-performance 2 part epoxy adhesive for metal can…
- Adhesives for Industrial Success and Professional Bonding SolutionsA bond that fails exactly 182 days after installation is not a product defect; it is a failure of the 12-page technical specification for your…
- How to Use IPA Alcohol for Professional Surface Preparation in 2026What if 80% of your structural bond failures could be eliminated by a single 30-second cleaning step? You’ll be glad to hear that most industrial…
- Choosing the Right Adhesive to Metal for Industrial ApplicationsWhat if your structural bond could withstand thermal expansion cycles of up to 200°C without the stress concentrations caused by traditional…
- Industrial Adhesives UK, The Expert Guide to High Performance BondingDid you know that approximately 25% of product recalls in the UK manufacturing sector are linked to adhesive failure during the first 12 months of…
- Plastic Bonding Glue for Professionals The Industrial Guide to High Performance AdhesionYour choice of plastic bonding glue for professionals often matters less than the dyne level of your substrate. Even a bond rated for 15 Newtons per…
- Bondrite S1300 & S1500 Adhesives for Model Railway useThe use of many adhesives including two part epoxy resins such as Araldite has been used by the model railway community for many years. Not all of the various adhesives traditionally used can be relied upon for the long term however, super glues especially come to mind.
- Handy Tips To Help You Repair Children’s Plastic ToysLet’s face it all children break toys but it’s not as common for us to fix them as it is to buy a new one (or hide it away and hope they forget about it). Normally it’s a piece that has broken off that you’d love to re-attach but don’t really know where to start.
- Repair To A De-Laminated Window On A CaravanThe following is the step-by-step guide provided to us by a customer detailing how they repaired their delaminated caravan window using our product.
- What adhesive to use on high density foamThe first thing to note is that high density foam isn’t a single entity, there are a multitude of different types of foam and therefore no single answer to the question of how to bond it successfully. So below we have created a guide to help.
- What Adhesive to Use to Repair CaravansHolidaying in a caravan, campervan or motorhome is one of the most popular British holidays with 4.3 million people choosing a caravan holiday in 2022 alone. Ownership of a caravan or motorhome comes with the inevitable burden of maintenance and upkeep. There are some very common problems facing the caravan owner and replacement of these parts is often very costly and sometimes impossible due to the age of the caravan.