Which Adhesive is Strongest For Polymer Clay? Polybonder, Super Glue or TLS? Friday Findings

This week several orders of glue came in and it got me to thinking about the different types of glue we use in different applications: jewelry making, beading, polymer clay and other crafty things.

In fact, there are so many adhesives out just for jewelry making that Fire Mountain Gems made a chart of all of them.

ff polybonder super glue or TLS

I was especially thinking of Polybonder versus Super Glue, as I was out of Polybonder for a while and missed using it in my projects (silly me didn’t put the cap back on tightly.)

Polybonder is a glue formulated for use with polymer clay by Lisa Pavelka, who is a big name in the polymer clay world. It sets instantly, like Super Glue, but it’s made to withstand baking up to 300° F.

I’ve been given to understand that Super Glue gets brittle after being subjected to those temperatures.

For some reason I was in the mood to test it out. So I grabbed a few samples and did a not-entirely-scientific test.

No worries Ginger Davis Allman, I will NOT be taking over your work anytime soon! I don’t have the patience or desire to do all the careful controls and samples that you include in your testing.

While I was at it, I decided to test Translucent Liquid Sculpey, too. 

Watch the video to see the results.

Here are links to a few things from the video:

Happy creating!

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3 thoughts on “Which Adhesive is Strongest For Polymer Clay? Polybonder, Super Glue or TLS? Friday Findings

  1. Good test! Yes, it’s a good idea to use the right adhesive for the job at hand. I found that out the hard way when I used Gorilla Glue to secure a door threshold leveler that later had to come up again………..

    1. Thank you for the taking the time to leave your kind comment, Mickee! I hope you find the info helpful. 🙂

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