How to Choose the Right Spray Adhesive?

With so many options out there, choosing spray adhesive for a project can be tricky. But, making the right choice is a lot easier if you consider one factor: the materials you need to bond together.

The goal of this post is to help you choose the right spray adhesive for your project. Read on to learn about the characteristics and specifications of different types of spray adhesives. Hopefully, this post will help you figure out what specific product you should choose.

Best Headliner Spray Adhesive: Sprayidea 97

For installing a car headliner, you need a high temperature-resistant spray on adhesive. This is because if your vehicle is exposed to the sun for a long period in summer, the headliner can come off due to high temperatures.

Sprayidea 97 is a car headliner repair glue known for its strength and durability. This spray glue is popular among both can interior manufacturers and DIY enthusiasts. Whether the lining material is foam, fabric, plastic, or leather, you can rely on this car interior adhesive.

Specifications:

  • Strength: 6000-7000 mPa.s/25
  • Resistant to extreme temperatures ranging from -30°C to 120°C
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Effect time: 3-5 minutes
  • Spray pattern: web
  • Scent: low odor

Temporary Spray Adhesive for Fabric: Sprayidea Super 88

Designed for embroidery, this temporary spray glue is used to keep the fabric attached to the machine. It makes the process of embroidery efficient and precise. It works with a wide range of fabrics, peels off easily, and leaves no trace. This spray on adhesive does not contain formaldehyde, chlorofluorocarbons, or any harmful substance.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: temporary
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Scent: low odor
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Color: clear
  • Shelf life: 24 months

Best Spray Adhesive for Stencils: Sprayidea 35

It’s an all-purpose spray adhesive great for stenciling on walls, fabric, and wood. The glue can hold paper, cardboard, foil, wool, and other such light materials as well.

Thanks to its clear, misty spray, the glue is super easy to apply, and it dries very fast. It’s also non-toxic and has great vibration resistance. If the instructions are followed, this spray on adhesive offers impressive permanent bonding.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: instant and permanent
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Color: clear
  • Temperature resistant: -30°C to 65°C
  • Scent: low odor
  • Shelf life: 24 months

Spray Adhesive for Paper Craft: Sprayidea 42

Looking for a reliable adhesive spray for paper crafts such as origami, card making, decoupage, paper layering or quilling? Sprayidea 42 is designed for projects that involve mounting items to surfaces. Such projects may involve the use of paper, fabric, photo, plastic, foam, film, wood, metal, canvas, cardboard, glass, leather etc.

The adhesive dries clear and offers a permanent bond. You can quickly spray the glue over large surfaces.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Color: clear
  • Scent: low odor

Best Spray Adhesive for Metal: Sprayidea 31

This general chloroprene adhesive is widely used in projects that involve outdoor advertising. You will find it very convenient when working with template cloth, aluminum panels and carpets. You can also use it to bond plywood, paint-free plates, original wood, wooden materials, and fireproof boards together.

Thanks to impact resistance and good elasticity, it’s great for large spraying coverage. The spray is easy to apply, non-toxic, and dries super fast.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: permanent
  • Effect time: 1-5 minutes
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 95°C
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Spray pattern: web
  • Color: white
  • Scent: low odor

Wallpaper Spray Adhesive: Sprayidea 32

To glue a light or heavy paper-based wallpaper to a flat substrate, you have to choose an adhesive that consists of starch or cellulose ether. Sprayidea 32 is designed just for this purpose. It is widely used to glue rubber, acoustic foam, paper, and fabrics to many different types of substrates.

When bonding one surface to another, you will get great results if you spray this adhesive on both surfaces. Once you have applied the adhesive, we recommend you wait 30-60 seconds before you bond the surfaces. This foam adhesive is remarkably strong and durable, and very easy to use. It offers high impact and vibration resistance and has low soak-in properties and high solid content.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Color: white
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Spray pattern: web
  • Scent: low odor

For Acoustic Insulation: Sprayidea 93

Sprayida 93 is particularly designed for sound insulation decoration. The adhesive is used in projects in stadiums, theaters, and studios. Acoustic materials require a pliable, soft bond, and this glue is formulated exactly for this purpose. It offers flexible operation, and the spray nozzle is adjustable.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Spray pattern: web
  • Scent: low odor

Best Embroidery Spray Adhesive: Sprayidea DY-100

Sprayidea DY-1000 is a repositionable, temporary spray adhesive used to bond fabrics temporarily. You can use it to hold the fabric to your embroidery machine before embroidering or sewing. This colorless and odorless adhesive won’t gum your sewing needles.

This removable spray adhesive  does not leave stains, so you can use it with white fabric as well. The product is non-toxic because it does not contain any formaldehyde, CFCs, or chlorinated solvents. To get the best results, you have to use it properly and store it in a well-ventilated, dry, and cool place.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: temporary (about 30 minutes)
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Scent: low odor
  • Color: clear
  • Spray pattern: mist

Best Spray Adhesive for Screen Printing: Sprayidea 91

Screen printing spray on adhesive is widely used in the screen printing industry. It is used in temporary bondings such as sewing, quilting, applique, and handicraft. The glue is long repositionable. That means you can adjust it as many times as needed before you manage to perfectly position it at the spot you want to print.

The adhesive has a high level of temperature resistance. It does not loosen or fall off even under 200℃. It also does not stick to fabrics. To get the best out of this glue, as with any other glue, you have to store it in a well-ventilated, dark, dry, and cool place, and shake the can before use.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: temporary
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Color: clear
  • Scent: low odor
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Remains tacky for 45 minutes

Fabric Embroidery Adhesive with a Long Open Time: Sprayidea 99

Here’s another embroidery spray adhesive with a longer open time: up to 30 minutes. This quality makes it super easy to reposition fabrics. The glue is for projects that involve cutting work or embroidery. You can rely on this glue for basting, applique, quilting, and other types of temporary bondings.

This odorless and non-toxic glue can precisely hold the fabric in place, with no pleating or crinkling when quilting. It is also a very effective spray glue for paper. .

Specifications:

  • Bonding: both temporary and permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Color: white
  • Scent: odorless
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Open time: up to 30 minutes

Craft Spray Adhesive: Sprayidea 92L

People with a passion for handicrafts know that this art is heavily dependent on spray adhesives.  Cardboard, paper, plastic, fabric, wood, and cushion foam are lightweight materials. When working with them, you need an adhesive that is easy to spray and quick to dry.

Sprayidea 92L meets all these requirements. The spray is released in uniform, fine particles, and can be applied on both curved and flat surfaces. If the nozzle is clogged, it can be easily cleaned with a solvent such as alcohol. With no formaldehyde or triphenyl, the product is eco-friendly.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: temporary and permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Color: clear
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Scent: low odor

Spray Adhesive for Upholstery and Wood: Sprayidea 36

Spray adhesives designed for foam lamination and general upholstery must meet stringent requirements. Here is a low VOC spray glue ideal for gluing general upholstery materials to substrates such as wood, fabric, metal, leather, and more.

This is the best glue for installing acoustic panels and carpet underlays. It is a low soak-in property due to a high solid content, which is great for soft substrates.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Color: white
  • Spray pattern: web
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Scent: low odor

Best Carpet Adhesive Spray: Sprayidea 33

When laying carpet on the floor, you must avoid displacement, and so choose a spray adhesive that makes the process easy. If you use spray glue to install the carpet, you can use it immediately after laying it.

Apart from its gluing capabilities, Sprayidea 33 provides thermal insulation. And that’s why it is widely used in HVAC industries. It is great for bonding extruded boards, hoses, rubber, and other such insulation materials.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: permanent
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Spray pattern: web
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Scent: low odor

Vacuum infusion spray adhesive: Sprayidea 95

Sprayidea 95 is designed specifically for vacuum infusion. This adhesive is used to glue carbon fiber and fiberglass to themselves and other surfaces.  It is perfect for resin transfer molding and vacuum infusion processes.

The curing processes of polyesters, vinyl esters, or epoxy resins are not affected by this adhesive. It works perfectly with polyester, epoxy, vinyl ester, and most other resin systems. Sprayidea 95 is widely used in large projects such as yachts, aerospace, and wind blade.

Specifications:

  • Bonding: temporary
  • Effect time: 30-60 seconds
  • Shelf life: 24 months
  • Spray pattern: mist
  • Temperature resistance: -30°C to 65°C
  • Scent: low odor

Application

Here is a table that shows the applications of specific Sprayidea adhesives:

APPLICATIONS SPRAYIDEA 97 SPRAYIDEA SUPER 88 SPRAYIDEA 35 SPRAYIDEA 42 SPRAYIDEA 31 SPRAYIDEA 32 SPRAYIDEA
93
SPRAYIDEA DY-100 SPRAYIDEA 91 SPRAYIDEA 99 SPRAYIDEA 92L SPRAYIDEA 36 SPRAYIDEA 33 SPRAYIDEA 95
Car headliner
Fabrics
Stencils
Papercraft
Metal
wallpaper
Acoustic insulation
Embroidery
Screen printing
Crafts
Upholstery
Carpet
Vacuum infusion
Plastic
Fiberglass
Cardboard
Rubber
Foam lamination

Wrapping up

The bottom line is, your choice of spray adhesive should always be determined by the materials you need to bond together. If you are not careful enough, it’s easy to end up buying something that’s practically useless.

With that said, regardless of the nature of your project, Sprayidea has a spray adhesive that’s just right for you. We hope now you are better prepared to make an informed decision.

Similarly, we also provide customized services. We not only offer customized appearance, but we can also produce corresponding products according to your requirements for glue performance.