Comparing 14 Adhesive Brands for Crafts - By Mary Polanco

If you're looking for the perfect adhesive for your crafting needs, or just an all-around glue that works great on almost anything - then look no further than this list.

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Mary Polanco
Mary Polanco
28th September 2022 in hobbies & interests
Comparing 14 Adhesive Brands for Crafts - By Mary Polanco
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Liquid Adhesive

Liquid Adhesive

  • Crafter's Square
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Cardboard
  • Leather
  • Fabric

The glue dried white and puffy. Pretty solid and strong hold.

Craftbond Dual Tip Glue Pen

Craftbond Dual Tip Glue Pen

  • Elmer's
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Styrofoam
  • Cardboard

Dried clear, non-tacky and shiny. Good hold.

Original Tacky Glue

Original Tacky Glue

  • Aleene's Orignal
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Styrofoam
  • Cardboard
  • Metal
  • Fabric

Easy-squeezed and gooey. Semi white finished. Hold is great.

Mono Aqua Liquid Glue

Mono Aqua Liquid Glue

  • Tombow
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Metal
  • Cardboard
  • Styrofoam

Clear-finish and shiny. Good hold as well.

School Glue

School Glue

  • Elmer's
  • Paper
  • Cardboard

Dried very matte. Embellishments did not hold on the stick test.

Glue-All

Glue-All

  • Elmer's
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Wood
  • Styrofoam
  • Fabric

Dried super matte. Pretty strong hold.

Multi Medium Matte

Multi Medium Matte

  • Ranger
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Styrofoam
  • Cardboard
  • Fabric

Matte-finish. Very strong good hold.

Multi Mono (Pen Tip)

Multi Mono (Pen Tip)

  • Tombow
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Metal
  • Fabric

Tacky-finish is a good feature but not great for cards. Hold is pretty good as well.

Deluxe Adhesive

Deluxe Adhesive

  • Nuvo
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Fabric
  • Styrofoam

Light tacky-finish. Embellishments sticked pretty good.

Glossy Accents

Glossy Accents

  • Ranger
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Styrofoam
  • Cardboard
  • Fabric
  • Metal

Beautiful sheen finish and not tacky. Very good hold.

Glue Tube

Glue Tube

  • Lawn Fawn
  • Paper
  • Cardboard

Dried clear not white and not tacky finish. Sticked the embellishments pretty well.

Craft Bond

Craft Bond

  • Elmer's
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Styrofoam
  • Fabric
  • Cardboard

Not tacky finish. dried clear but did not passed the paper stick test.

Glue Designer

Glue Designer

  • Art Glitter
  • Paper
  • Wood
  • Metal
  • Leather
  • Fabric
  • Styrofoam
  • Cardboard

Semi white finish. Pretty good hold with the embellishments.

Precision Craft Glue

Precision Craft Glue

  • Bearly Art
  • Paper

Very similar to Art Glitter Glue except it can be delivered to your doors during the winter with no issues.