{"id":1810,"date":"2012-07-17T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/permabond.com\/evolution-instant-adhesives\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:35:11","slug":"evolution-instant-adhesives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/permabond.com\/es\/evolution-instant-adhesives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Instant Adhesives"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Harry Coover invented the original instant adhesive<\/a> more than 50 years ago, it seemed he had created the ultimate fast-acting adhesive. However, when you look at all the different adhesives<\/a> available these days, it now seems the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n

Cyanoacrylate adhesives<\/a> were essentially made up of methyl cyanoacrylates and ethyl cyanoacrylates. There was a saying that you should use methyl on metals and ethyl on everything else.<\/p>\n

While it is true that methyl will bond better with metals and ethyl better with almost everything else. Cyanoacrylates<\/a> have improved so much that there needs to be far more said about your options when it comes to instant adhesives.<\/p>\n

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Despite revolutionising adhesives, Coover\u2019s cyanoacrylate adhesives<\/a> did have some problems, as while they were fast acting and formed extremely strong bonds, their ability to deal with impact, extreme temperatures, and their poor water resistance made them less than perfect. Original cyanoacrylate adhesives also performed poorly on highly acidic surfaces.<\/p>\n

As soon as it became clear that Coover\u2019s efforts were imperfect, scientists began working to find ways to improve the performance of cyanoacrylate adhesives, and they had massive success to say the least.<\/p>\n

The advancements in instant adhesives have been enormous. The following are just some of the ways that cyanoacrylates have evolved to outperform Coover\u2019s original cyanoacrylate adhesive.<\/p>\n

Tougher <\/strong><\/h5>\n

Modern cyanoacrylate adhesives are modified to incorporate rubber and other impact modifiers, enabling far greater impact resistance. Standard cyanoacrylate adhesives have an average impact strength of approximately 10 kJ per square metre. While modern cyanoacrylates can withstand an impact of up to 16 kJ per square metre.<\/p>\n

Will bond to anything<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Modern cyanoacrylates will bond even the most dissimilar of materials. And can be particularly useful for bonding materials where thermal expansion and contraction may be an issue. They will even bond impressively to acidic surfaces such as wood, cork, and paper.<\/p>\n

Non-blooming <\/strong><\/h5>\n

Blooming can sometimes occur in standard instant adhesives. When liquid material vaporises, it reacts with moisture in the air which causes it to cure. As it cures it falls back to the surface as dusty, white-coloured marks that can be difficult to remove. With modern cyanoacrylates, this is no longer a problem, as they use low-pressure monomers, enabling them to effectively eliminate blooming.<\/p>\n

Resistant to high temperatures <\/strong><\/h5>\n

Of all the improvements made to Coover\u2019s adhesives over the years, the most impressive has been how much better they now are at dealing with high temperatures. While the original instant adhesive can withstand temperatures of up to 82 degrees Celsius, modern versions can deal with temperatures more than twice as hot. Some modern cyanoacrylate adhesives are able to withstand up to 200 degrees Celsius<\/a>. By providing a secondary cure, special cyanoacrylate adhesives can even be made to withstand up to 250 degrees Celsius<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For further help and advice, please contact <\/a>Permabond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Harry Coover invented the original instant adhesive more than 50 years ago, it seemed he had created the ultimate fast-acting adhesive. However, when you look at all the different adhesives available these days, it now seems the best is yet to come. Cyanoacrylate adhesives were essentially made up of methyl cyanoacrylates and ethyl cyanoacrylates. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[614,616],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adhesive-types-2","category-cyanoacrylate-adhesives-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Evolution of Instant Adhesives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Instant adhesives have come a long way since Harry Coover\u2019s original cyanoacrylate. 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