What is a liquid nail - the linguistic pun?
Hearing this term, every sane person asks a question, what is "liquid nails"?After all, words hardly match each other. However, this term has already firmly entered the construction vocabulary and exactly corresponds to its direct meaning. It really is nails, because this material is used for installation works, in those cases when it is necessary to fasten small and large parts, even whole surfaces. By strength, this substance is also not inferior to the usual steel nail. But the initial state is liquid, hence the name.
Modern liquid nails are no longer afraid of water, cold, hold huge weight for their small area, can glue dissimilar surfaces. In a word, they became much more convenient, reliable and more accessible. To fasten such nails it is possible not only shelves or plinths, but also whole panels, for example, on the ceiling. And the installation is much more convenient when the fasteners do not require additional physical operation, and the glue is applied with a droplet from a convenient syringe and pressed against the surface that it will hold.
Glue "liquid nails", what it is?
Despite the short-lived career of this mounting tool, the range of such glue is quite diverse. Therefore, before buying, you should study the proposals on the market and correlate with your repair work. First of all, build on type surfaces , between which will be applied glue. There are universal options, and there are highly specialized. Some compounds glue only plastic or glass, while others can easily glue two dissimilar surfaces.
Next you can choose the glue "liquid nails", based on the atmosphere of the , in which you will work. For example, not every composition is capable of qualitatively grasping at high humidity, and it will not be the best way to function in it. So find this feature on the packaging and analyze it.
When the installation is carried out in a room where there are always people, or it may be a children's room at all, it is important that the adhesive contains as little as possible and does not have the odor of , which is weathered for several days.
Such types of glue are usually made on a water basis, they are really harmless both at the time of work and afterwards. But they have a number of limitations on the conditions of application and operation. For obvious reasons, water glue can not be smeared with metal, and it also easily loses its strength at negative temperatures.
Often the adhesive has a number of reinforced characteristics of , for example, very strong or fast setting. Such options are guaranteed to have organic solvents in their composition, which affects the odor and toxicity, but the quality characteristics are higher for all indicators.
With liquid nails, the work is arguing
What liquid nails are, we have already figured out, they can safely be written down in the mandatory list of tools for repair, it remains to begin work. Anticipating the ease of work, do not relax. After all, for the successful installation of is important not only for glue, but for , the preparatory work of .To nails do not fall off the surface, you need to clean it properly and align it. Any insignificant dust will contaminate the surface of the nail, and it will not stick properly to at least one of the surfaces, and this is fraught with a collapse. Therefore, wipe and even degrease, if possible, the surface before gluing. In some cases, it will be necessary to sand the plane if its relief can create conditions for poor adhesion.
If there is no confidence in the properties of the adhesive, or the issue of setting is controversial, pre-test in a small section of the future joint to know if your structure will not collapse after a while after installation?
Further liquid nails are applied pointwise or strips on the fastened surfaces. After that, the surfaces are pressed and held in this position for about a day. Sometimes, once applying elements to each other should not be, but need an exposure for glue about an hour. Read about this in the instructions.
If something heavy is attached to the ceiling for liquid nails, then it is necessary to support this object from below, until the glue is completely set.