FLEXIBOND - VAE - Adhesive Wood Glue 500ML

• Guarantee - 1 year
• Suitable for Metal, rubber, wood & plastics except PTFE, HTPE, PP
• Store at room temperature.
• Clean and dry surfaces. Apply a thin coat to both surfaces. Bring together. Clamp lightly if needed.
• Do not freeze

Features and benefits

VAE Adhesives

VAE adhesives are widely used for paper packaging, bookbinding and furniture manufacture. Whilst they are identical in appearance to PVAs – differences in their chemical characteristics make them much more suitable for bonding difficult materials such as packaging films, printed and varnished boards and furniture films. They are higher in cost than PVAs, easy to use and safe to handle.

VAEs can be found in an incredible number of everyday products including: –

Printed & varnished cartons

Books

Envelopes

Film fronted bags

Furniture and decoration

Window cartons

Presentation tubes

Files & folders

Paint and coating

Construction

VAE Adhesives offer the following advantages versus PVA adhesives

VAE adhesives provide better bonds to difficult surfaces such as varnished and laminated papers/boards.

VAE’s provide a higher initial tack which is important in all high-speed applications, particularly where there is limited compression time

Have a more flexible final glue film providing improved performance at low temperature. This makes them particularly suitable for manufacturing paper/cardboard deep freeze packaging for the food industry.

While both VAE and PVA adhesives are water-based and commonly used in woodworking and paper industries, they differ in their chemical composition, strength, and cost.

• FLEXIBOND Vinyl Acetate Ethylene (VAE) is a type of water-based adhesive that is known for its high bonding strength and resistance to water, heat, and chemicals.
• Often used in applications where a strong and durable bond is required, such as in woodworking, furniture manufacturing, and paperboard lamination. FLEXIBOND provides a higher initial tack which is important in all applications, particularly where there is limited compression time. It has a more flexible final glue film providing improved performance at low temperature. This makes them particularly suitable for manufacturing paper/cardboard deep freeze packaging for the food industry.
• FLEXIBOND VAE adhesive is environmentally friendly, contains fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and has a lower carbon footprint. It is also non-toxic and odorless, making it a safer choice for use in indoor environments.
• FLEXIBOND offers unique moisture resistance, flexibility, improved tack and adhesion in low temperature and wet conditions. It adheres well to non porous surfaces like vinyl, aluminium, glass etc.
• Vinyl acetate is a hard, rigid, hydrophilic polymer. Ethylene is very soft, non-polar and hydrophobic. Together, they make perfect partners for copolymerisation. FLEXIBOND VAE (EVA) copolymers has excellent adhesion to a variety of substrates, great versatility and very low migration potential.
• Stronger than PVA. Dries Clear. Permanent. Flexible. Non-Toxic. Moisture Resistance. Better Bond to difficult surfaces.
• Dry time: Up to 1 hour (longer on non-porous items). Cures fully in 24 hours for most conditions and materials.
• Directions: Clean and dry surfaces. Apply a thin coat to both surfaces. Bring together. Clamp lightly if needed.