hot melt
Heated stick adhesive
Hot melt is an adhesive that's applied in molten form and bonds as it cools and solidifies.
It comes in sticks fed through a hot glue gun or in bulk for industrial applications.
The term works as noun or modifier: hot melt adhesive, a dab of hot melt.
Fast-setting and versatile, it bonds most materials but softens again with heat.
- glue gunHeated adhesive applicator tool
- glue stickSolid tube adhesive
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- thermoplasticHeat-softenable, repeatedly reshapable polymer
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
packaging · tackiness · set time · stringy · EVA · viscosity · polyamide · labeling · woodworking · melting point · bond strength · molten · acrylic · applicator · substrate · flexibility · durability · silicone
adhesive activation mechanism
hot meltcontact cement
Adhesive needing both surfaces coated
two-part epoxy · PSA · wood glue · rubber cement · peel-and-stick