Case and Carton Sealing Applications at Gluefast

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Gluefast can help you with two adhesive types to seal cases and cartons:

Water Based Glues and Adhesives are safe and offer longer open times. They can be applied with a simple squeeze bottle, our SOLO GLUE RITER®, or our P.A.T. (Pneumatic Adhesive Tank). You can use a low cost vegetable glue which will set up in about a minute. One of our faster setting water based resin adhesives will set up faster (generally 10-30 seconds) and may provide greater water resistance. These products can be applied with a brush, extruded into a bead, or sprayed.

At Gluefast, we apply glue to cartons and then use plain paper tape to quickly seal the case. The glue then dries and forms a very strong bond – stronger than the corrugated itself!

For faster setting case and carton sealing, the speed of set of Hot Melt Adhesives are much faster than water-based adhesives. Our Hot Melt Glue Guns and Glue Sticks can quickly apply hot melt adhesive for bonding with compression times as low as one or two seconds.

Gluefast's Glue Dots® applied with the Dot Shot Pro applicator is another solution for sealing boxes. Our Glue Dots® applied with the Dot Shot Pro applicator is another solution for sealing boxes. The Super Hi Tack 1/4” stitch pattern when applied with the Dot Shot Pro places 1/4” diameter dots of strong pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive 0.4” center-to-center, effectively sealing the boxes.

If you have a particular gluing application, contact our Glue Master to see if we can be of assistance. If we cannot help you we will do our best to point you in the direction of someone who can!

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Glue Dots ® from Gluefast are easy-to-use adhesives that are great for many applications. As pressure sensitive adhesives, Glue Dots ® are much cleaner and safer to use than hot melt glues, and won’t leave residue or stickiness behind like some industrial adhesives or double-sided tapes (some surfaces may stain so testing is recommended). Available in different tack strengths and thicknesses, known as profiles, Glue Dots ® can attach just about any two substrates together for an easy-to-remove to semi-permanent hold. Glue Dots ® are offered in strengths of low, medium, high, or super high, and three different profiles, which includes low (1/64th inch thick; the standard), medium (1/16th inch thick), and high (1/8th inch thick). Because of their versatile use, Glue Dots ®, often referred to as booger or fugitive glue, are used in many industries like for Promotional Packaging and Bundling, Crafts, Scrapbooking, Greeting Cards, and card making, Printing and Bindery, Pharmaceutical Packaging, and Direct Mail companies and businesses. Glue Dots ® are ideal for projects where precision counts, and when a lot of product is needed in little time. To attach simply touch the object to the Glue Dot ®, or use the Dot Shot Pro to apply the dot to an item.