3M Instant Adhesives

3M cyanoacrylate glue products have many uses, including gasket bonding and jewellery assembly.

Instant Adhesives

Your instant solution to durable strength.

Apply, hold, done – it’s as easy as that.

Instant adhesives, commonly referred to as cyanoacrylates, are one-component, low-viscosity liquids that cure rapidly with just contact pressure and surface moisture.

Using thin bond lines, cyanoacrylates adhere well to plastics, metals and rubbers. With the use of primers, they can also adhere to Low Surface Energy (LSE) plastics and elastomers. Cyanoacrylates tend to have low flexibility, peel strength and impact resistance compared to other structural adhesives. They are generally used for applications such as gasket bonding, tight-fitting joints and smaller assemblies.

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Key benefits of instant adhesives

Material Bonding

Different cyanoacrylate formulations make them a match for various substrates, including plastics, rubbers and metals
Process Efficiency

Less than a minute to reach holding strength means parts can move rapidly to the next processing stage
Shear Strength

Instant adhesives provide strong bonds on tiny surface areas such as jewellery or electronics

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Resources

3M Instant Adhesives Selection Guide

(see pages 21-23)
Download product selection guide (PDF, 8 MB)
3M Instant Adhesives Technical Data Sheet (TDS)

Download TDS (PDF, 166 KB)
Resources

Structural adhesives tech data sheets, white papers, product guides.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Our 3M experts answer some FAQs about structural adhesives.
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