Water-based adhesives are one of the most versatile and widely used adhesives because of its universal applications and ease of use.
Bond Tech Industries offers a wide range of water-based adhesives for many applications in the adhesives industry, and for decades, customers have come to us to fulfill their water-based adhesive product requirements.
Why Water-Based Adhesives?
Water-based adhesives are formulated to suit a multitude of uses. Considered the workhorse of the adhesive industry, water-based glue is economical and versatile.
With their ability to adhere to a variety of surfaces and materials, they can be dialed in to suit a wide array of customer equipment and performance requirements. But sometimes, water-based adhesives fail. Why? Read on.
What Causes Water-Based Adhesives to Fail?
1. Poor Setting Speed
The first reason why your water-based adhesive isn’t working is because the glue may have set at a poor speed – either too quickly or too slowly.
How to fix it
- Check if product has been diluted
- Check if product has been stirred thoroughly before use
- Check viscosity increase due to aging and dilute if necessary
- Check for excessive application and reduce if necessary
- Contact your technical sales representative. We have the expertise to troubleshoot.
2. Poor Adhesion
Another reason why your water-based adhesive might have failed is because of poor adhesion due to improper viscosity or compression.
How to fix it
- Check viscosity increase due to aging and dilute if necessary
- Check for uniform application pattern
- Check compression (too little or too much)
- Check head space if sealing boxes. Too much head space can hinder compression.
- Check for improper scoring, which can cause springy flaps (If this is the case, you may need faster, tackier adhesive)
- Check if board has proper glue assists (not coated where adhesive is applied)
- Change stock or adhesive
- Contact your technical sales representative.
3. Excessive Penetration or Holdout
The last reason why your water-based adhesive is not performing as well as it should be, is because there has been too much penetration or holdout in the application.
How to fix it
- Check viscosity. Adhesive may be too thin or too thick
- Increase or decrease application as required
- Change stock or adhesive. Some stock is significantly more porous than others.
- Contact your technical sales representative.
Still experiencing issues?
After going through the main reasons for water-based adhesive failure, are you still experiencing issues with your application?
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