Gluing Stainless Steel
There will be a time when you need to join 'A to B'. Choosing the right glue is a task...
There will be a time when you need to join 'A to B'. Choosing the right glue is a task...
The bespoke water clear sealant. We all like clarity...
Structural metal glues are with us now! Gluing metal has never been so easy. Any you know, irrespective of the metal, or...
Optomise sealant adhesion. As the most well respected supplier of silicone, polyurethane and MS polymer sealant in Ireland, we are regularly...
Polystyrene gluing tips. One application for which we regularly receive technical enquiries, is in gluing polystyrene. And if you are looking...
Don't be left behind! Wondering how to glue composite materials? Wondering what is the best glue to use and the best...
Having gutter issues? Our name travels far and wide. Known as the bespoke supplier of glues and sealants for a wide...
The right glue knowledge when and where you need it. We receive glue requests from all over the world, and our...
The all-round sealant! Exterior mastic sealants are faced with tough conditions. They have to stand up to a wide range of...
Do you love your wood? Woodworking is a craft that involves many demanding applications for glues, and as the best known...
Options for gluing Iron Iron, one of the oldest metals known to man and so important, it had a period of...
The best PVC glue around! PVC plastic can be found everywhere, from gutters to electrical conduit to water pipes, it's possibly...
Your guide to obtaining the optimum strength!! For any given glue system, the complete preparation of the materials being bonded is...
Cleanliness is next to optimum bond strength! As the leading industrial glue manufacturer and supplier in Ireland, our technologists constantly advise...
Welding or gluing metal? It has been a busy week for us. An unusual week in that every day, we had...
The next big thing in plastic glue is already here! Looking for an all-round plastic glue? Want to glue PETG, polyurethane,...
Looking for a premium quality wood glue? There has been a growing trend in recent years, to offer woodworking shops an...
Focussing on you! The end of another busy week! What was hot & what is not? As always, our mastic sealants...
How about an all-weather pitch? Are you planning to lay artificial grass...
Plastic gluing options. Every week, we receive requests for glue for a very wide range of plastics. Once such enquiry which...
Should priming be your prime consideration? Want to glue concrete or seal a concrete constructing joint? Upon looking at it, concrete may...
Experts with composite gluing As the most well known glue supplier in Ireland, we are regularly asked about the best glue...
Mind the gap! Occasionally, we are asked why the glue line thickness is so important. Glue line thickness? Let me explain...
How to make construction joints waterproof, is a regularly discussed topic within the construction sector. The combination of the diversity of...
How important is solvent cleaning? As the most well known glue manufacturer in Ireland, we constantly give advice on all aspects...
Future proof polyurethane sealants Polyurethane sealants offer incredible advantages over other types of sealants. The first major advantage, is their ability to...
The right and wrong's of contact adhesive. Contact adhesives are great! We offer the best range of contact adhesives in Ireland...
Complete industrial support All over Ireland, there are hundreds or industrial companies, who rely on our industrial products and our technical...
Weight saving composite glues offering fire protection. With the ever increasing use of composite materials in many areas of manufacturing, Scigrip...
Surgically Clean? Not really, but optimum surface preparation is vital to successful gluing. Irrespective of the materials being glued, if the...
Metal and Wood Glue Choices Among the many dozens of enquiries which we receive every week, there are generally several dealing...
Metal glue choices. Of all of the glue enquiries which we receive, one of the most common is gluing metal to...
The silicone for electronics applications. Whether in a turbine or a solar sell, semi-conductors need to work under the most arduous...
Performance Glues. High quality structural glues have a very important role in todays manufacturing environment. In particular, acrylic-based structural adhesives score...
Quality Butyl Tape Are you looking for the best quality butyl tape in Ireland? Our butyl tape has been specially formulated to...
Bespoke structural adhesives. Without doubt, the Scigrip range of structural adhesives are the most innovative range of adhesives on the market...
Glue For Composite Bonding In today's global manufacturing environment, composite engineering is one of the most important and fastest growing disciplines....
The Glue Guru looks at marine glues What are marine glues and what makes them special from other types of glue? Any...
Bespoke Silicone Resins Room temperature vulcanising (RTV) silicone resins are now an indispensable range of products which find use in coating,...
Structural Foam Tapes are very often a misunderstood and unappreciated form of bonding. They are typically regarded as 'lightweights' and...
A hot enquiry! Fire, something which mankind has both loved and feared since the first beings walked across the earth. Both our...
A multifunctional silicone! Looking for a high temperature silicone sealant and looking for the no-mess way to dispense it? Scigrip RTV851 high...
Looking for a sealant for slurry tank repair? Last week, we had a customer with such a requirement. He had a cylindrical...
Is priming a necessity? Are you gluing plastic, gluing metal or gluing glass? If so, is it always necessary to use...
Super strong glue? As the best known glue company in Ireland, we are often asked 'what is the strongest glue in...
Collective knowhow for the Caravan & Leisure Industry W.I Polymers research and development team work on the principle that customer is...
A novel instant superglue Are you looking for a low viscosity superglue, which bonds rapidly, and can be applied with pinpoint...
Hybrid sealants We have all heard about silicone sealant and polyurethane sealant but how familiar are you with hybrid sealants? To explain,...
Handy hints for gluing Nickel Nickel, perhaps not the immediate choice when one is asked to name a metal, but over...
What is polyurethane glue? Single component moisture curing polyurethane glues and sealants, are very interesting products. Upon exposure to moisture, these products...
Developments in glue for plastic Within the composites sector, one industrial area which has benefited from the use of light-weight materials,...
Packaging glue All over Ireland, Glue is used in a very extensive range of paper and card and board gluing jobs. From...
The optimum glue for polyethylene Designers of plastic components are often encouraged to use certain plastics such as polypropylene. Traditionally, the most...
Perspex acrylic plastic glue explained How to glue Perspex...
The benefits of using our polyurethane glues Polyurethane glue...
Gluing Titanium A few weeks ago, our laboratories received a very interesting enquiry. A major electronics company contacted us looking for...
Structural Glue What is a structural glue? Many of us have heard about them but do you know what they are? A...
How to Glue Carbon Fibre Carbon fibre is a material which consists of fibres which are approximately 10μ (micro-meters) in diameter....
Gluing rubber in boat construction and repair The water sports sector in Ireland employs many hundreds of people and here at...
Gluing plastic with Weldon Cement Solvent welding acrylic plastic takes place is sign & display companies all over Ireland. Hand in glove...
Gluing Composite in Ireland? Here at W.I Polymers, we are the leaders in composite gluing. Combined with Ireland’s leading team...
Preparing surfaces before gluing So you are ready to start gluing...
Scigrip glue for metal and plastic Ireland's leading research based manufacturer and distributor of industrial glue, we are pleased to announce that...
Copper is a reasonably easy metal to glue and if you are in Ireland, and looking for copper glue, either...
The use of glue in the electronics sector Glue is used in many electronic applications. Take for example, their use in...
Contact Adhesives Contact glues or contact adhesives, they are used in every part of Ireland and we have all heard of...
We had an interesting application this week. The maintenance department of a major pharmaceutical company contacted us looking for an...
Gluing lightweight materials with Structural Glue Over the past decade, there have been many major advances in structural glue technology. These advances, though...
Medical device sector employs thousands of people in Ireland, and as Ireland's most well known research based manufacturer of glues,...
Primarily due to the continued growth in constrution in Ireland, the demand for glue and adhesive for polystyrene will undoubtetly...
Although glass may be considered a problematic material to stick to, our glues, adhesives and sealants for both sealing glass...
Are you using structural tape or glue in Ireland? If so, what are the benefits of using liquid glues over...
If you are looking for Ireland's largest range of industrial glues and sealants, you are at the right place. Thankfully...
As the economy in Ireland, changes for the better, the interest in glues, sealants and mastic products for glass, increases....
Are you using adhesive tape in your manufacturing processes in Ireland? Every year, we sell many thousands of meters of...
Everybody in Ireland knows about epoxy glue, but did you know that epoxy glue is great for gluing wood? There...
Gluing leather with Industrial glue Gluing Leather? What is the best way to glue leather and what is the best leather...
As Irelands largest manufacturer of glue for insulation applications, we are very occasionally faced with unique situations whereby known materials...
The boat repair market in Ireland has something to celebrate ,with the launch of a new glue. We are happy...
As Irelands best known supplier of glue for metal and glue for plastic, we are asked to advise on gluing...
Gluing PVC pipes and fittings is a reasonably straight-forward gluing task. With the correct PVC glue, and some surface preparation,...
Glue Sticks provide an instant, fast, clean and versatile bond between a myriad of industrial, household and craft materials. There are...
Glue ideas for polycarbonate Polycarbonate plastic & glue for polycarbonate plastic's have evolved hand in hand. First discovered in 1898, polycarbonate...
With the growth in the economy of Ireland, we expect to see an increasing demand for glues for the sign...
The market for silicone sealant in Ireland, is on the rise. Following recent advances in silicone chemistry, we are please...
Companies all over Ireland, and further afield, turn to W.I Polymer's adhesives for their often unique properties and the performance...
PVA Glue use has a long history in Ireland. First imported in the 1930's, it replaced starch adhesives in the...
Ireland has a very long history of woodworking and wood glue and it is a traditional craft that involves many...
The first use of two-component polyurethane adhesives within the automotive sector, occurred in America in 1967. Since the mid 80's,...
As the best known company in Ireland for supplying industrial structural adhesive tapes, very are pleased to introduce to the...
As the economy in Ireland takes a turn for the better, over the past few months, we have seen an...
For the sign and display sector in Ireland, acrylic plastic and acrylic glue go hand in glove. Acrylic exhibits glass-like qualities...
Gluing plastics is a major sector in Ireland. There are many hundreds of industrial applications with dozens of plastics. These...
Ireland's best known adhesive tape company are pleased to introduce to manufacturing in Ireland, the range of Hi-Bond® thermally conductive...
Following the announcement at Composites Engineering 2014, Scigrip Europe are pleased to announce that they have selected W.I Polymers Ltd...
Waterbased wood glue has been around since the early 1930's and continues to be used all over Ireland in the...
Gluing and sealing aluminium is a standard industrial practice all over Ireland. But like gluing all metals, there are several...