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by jdietrich 57 days ago
>Adhesives are a deep and interesting subject.

It's notable that adhesives are something that Chinese manufacturers still really struggle with. Companies like Henkel and 3M have a deep reservoir of trade secrets.

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> 3M

Since it hasn’t been mentioned in this thread: 3M 94 primer with 3M VHB tape is truly amazing stuff for bonding things with high surface energy.

high surface energy?

mahm/father I yearn for the spicy surface

They seem to have figured out some general purpose ones like B-7000 though. But yeah, agree on specialty stuff.