It doesn’t matter what type of crafting you do; at some point, you’re going to encounter a workpiece or material that has been damaged or seen better days. In some instances, workpieces can be so badly damaged that you have no choice but to start over from scratch, but if you’re lucky the surface can…

Until you need one, you probably don’t think about mirrors much. People have been using mirrors for thousands of years, in fact, the first-ever mirrors were made of a reflective volcanic rock known as obsidian around 8,000 years ago! Since then, we’ve discovered ways for other materials that are either naturally reflective or can be…

If you’ve ever gotten glue on your fingers while trying to use it, then you know just how frustrating it can be to remove. Everything you touch gets glue on it, your clothes can get sticky, and all the surfaces you’ve touched end up with unsightly stains on them. It can be particularly annoying if…

If you’ve remodeled your home or simply installed a shelf in your life, then you know that there are loads of options when adhering things to concrete surfaces. Ever since we’ve had brick homes, we’ve sought ways to secure things to these surfaces in order to prop things up and even move them. Some of…

Glue makes your life and the lives of those around you so much easier. The best thing about it is that you don’t even know it’s there, but it’s always working to literally keep your world together. The circuit board inside your smartphone? Held together with silicone glue. That awesome pair of shoes that you got on…

These days we have loads of cool materials that make our lives easier and are far more environmentally friendly than ones we used previously. We didn’t always have these eco-friendly options though, and before the advent of materials like resin and synthetic polymers we pretty much had to make do with what we had. One…

Plastics play a huge part in our day-to-day lives; they help us build, maintain, and protect ourselves and our belongings. How much do you actually know about plastics though? There are several types of plastic available for commercial and private use, but some of the most commonly used types of plastic are polyethylene and polypropylene….

For something we rarely think about, glue plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. From keeping our shoes together, to insulating our cars and homes, glue has changed the way we function as a society and provides quick and effective solutions to loads of our day-to-day problems. Finding the right glue for the job…

Aquariums: Little zoos for critters of the sea, we love them and the water pets they allow us to observe and care for, but they can be a bit of a handful to create and maintain (the aquariums, not the fish). When working with aquariums or smaller fish tanks it’s important to make sure that…

It seems that as the years roll on, we’re always finding new and exciting ways to join things together. In recent years, epoxy resin adhesives have developed to the point where their adhesion rivals things like old metal stitching and welding, something we never thought possible. Wood glues have also come a long way since…