Bostik's Born2Bond instant adhesives offer a range of technical instant glues designed for industrial assembly, repair, rapid fixing, and applications requiring reliable adhesion on various materials.
The Born2Bond range of instant adhesives brings together several instant glue technologies developed to meet the needs of engineers, methods departments, maintenance managers, and industrial buyers. It notably includes the references Ultra K85, Ultra, Ultra Gel, Light Lock, Flex, Repair, Structural, MP515, Aquafast, and Instant Tough.
These products are primarily based on advanced cyanoacrylate technologies, with formulations designed to improve setting speed, mechanical strength, application precision, and user comfort. Some versions are adapted for multi-material assemblies, others for humidity resistance, larger gaps, vertical applications, or parts subjected to mechanical stress.
Born2Bond instant adhesives are used in a variety of industrial contexts: assembly of plastic parts, rubber-to-metal bonding, maintenance, electronics, consumer goods, industrial equipment, component repair, and applications exposed to humidity.
Features vary by reference, but the Born2Bond range of instant adhesives covers several key technical needs.
Features | Description |
Type of adhesive | Cyanoacrylate instant glues, including MECA and hybrid formulations according to the references. |
Method of taking | Quick room temperature cure, with some two-component or dual-cure references. |
Compatible substrates | plastics, rubbers, metals, aluminium, elastomers, wood, leather and certain porous materials depending on the product. |
Available viscosities | from low viscosities for capillary applications to gels for vertical applications or gap filling. |
Fixing times | Quick setting, often within a few seconds to tens of seconds depending on the product, substrate, and application conditions. |
Environmental resistance | certain references are adapted to humidity, immersion, high temperatures or variable environments. |
Applications | Vials, cartridges or systems with mixing nozzles according to formulations. |
Aspects | some references are transparent after polymerisation, which facilitates their integration into visible assemblies. |
Safety of use | Several Born2Bond formulations are designed to reduce odour, limit blooming and improve ease of use. |
Born2Bond Ultra K85 is an instant adhesive designed for applications exposed to moisture and temperature fluctuations. Bostik claims it can withstand up to 1,000 hours of the 85 °C / 85% relative humidity test, with 60% bio-based content derived from renewable resources.
This reference is suitable for assemblies subjected to more demanding usage conditions, for example in outdoor equipment, automotive, consumer electronics, maintenance, or devices requiring durable resistance to the environment.
Born2Bond Ultra is a range of low-odour, low-blooming cyanoacrylate adhesives. It is designed for applications where visual appearance, operator comfort, and assembly quality are important.
It can be used for bonding plastics, rubbers and metals, with different viscosities available to suit the type of application: precise dispensing, bonding small parts, rapid assembly or application on more complex surfaces.
Born2Bond Ultra Gel incorporates the benefits of Ultra technology in a gel consistency. This form is particularly useful for vertical applications, hard-to-reach areas, or assemblies requiring controlled dispensing.
Bostik indicates that this reference is designed for bonding many substrates, with a gel consistency allowing application in various orientations.
Born2Bond Light Lock is a dual-cure cyanoacrylate solution, combining instant tack and light-cure. This technology is of interest for assemblies requiring rapid fixture, surface cure, or bonding through transparent materials.
It can meet the precision needs in sectors such as electronics, technical devices, optical assemblies or complex plastic parts.
Born2Bond Flex is designed for applications requiring more flexibility than a conventional instant adhesive. This characteristic can be useful when bonded parts are subjected to vibrations, dynamic stresses, or slight deformations in service.
Born2Bond Repair is designed for the repair, maintenance, and refurbishment of parts. Its two-component formulation allows for the treatment of certain cases where a standard cyanoacrylate adhesive would be less suitable, particularly when the part has play, impact stress, or an irregular surface.
Born2Bond Structural is a two-component hybrid instant adhesive for assemblies requiring higher mechanical strength. Bostik states that it can fill gaps up to 5 mm and bond to numerous substrates, including aluminium, steel, plastics, elastomers, wood, particle board, and leather.
This reference is suitable for light structural assemblies, technical repair, and applications where in-service strength is an important criterion.
Born2Bond MP515 is a two-component structural adhesive designed for gap-filling and bonding a wide variety of materials. Bostik highlights its improved resistance to temperature and moisture, as well as a working time of 5 to 10 minutes.
It is suitable for applications requiring a longer setting time than standard superglue, while still maintaining a fast grab and precise application.
Born2Bond Aquafast is an instant adhesive formulated for wet environments. Bostik describes it as a low to medium viscosity adhesive, offering good adhesion performance in high humidity environments, and resistance to immersion once bonded.
It can be used for assemblies exposed to water, moisture, or certain fluids, particularly on metals, plastics, and rubbers.
Born2Bond Instant Tough is geared towards applications requiring enhanced resistance to peel, mechanical stress, or dynamic loads. It can be relevant for assemblies subjected to vibrations, repeated handling, or greater mechanical demands.
Born2Bond instant adhesives allow for reduced waiting times between manufacturing stages. Their rapid curing facilitates the assembly of small parts, spot bonding, component fixation, and certain maintenance operations.
The variety of formulations allows for many combinations of materials to be addressed: plastic, metal, rubber, aluminium, elastomer, leather, wood, or porous materials depending on the reference. This versatility is useful for multi-material assemblies, which are common in industry, electronics, consumer goods, and maintenance.
The different viscosities, gels, cartridges and two-component systems allow the application method to be adapted to the geometry of the part. Manufacturers can thus choose a fluid adhesive for precise capillary bonding, a gel version for vertical application, or a filling solution for larger gaps.
Certain references, such as Ultra K85 or Aquafast, meet specific constraints like humidity, immersion, temperature variations or outdoor environments. This allows for the expansion of instant adhesive use to more technical applications, where traditional cyanoacrylates may show limitations.
In the manufacture of plastic parts, there is often a need for rapid, clean, and localised fastening without the addition of screws, rivets or clips. Born2Bond Instant Adhesives Ultra, Ultra Gel or Light Lock can be used to assemble plastic parts with precise application, rapid curing and a discreet finish.
These solutions are suitable for housings, covers, accessories, technical parts, decorative elements, or components of consumer goods.
Rubber-metal assemblies are common in industry, automotive, technical equipment, and damping systems. The requirement is to achieve reliable adhesion between two materials of different natures, with good mechanical strength.
The Born2Bond Ultra or Ultra Gel instant adhesives can meet these applications due to their multi-substrate compatibility and ability to maintain high strength on stressed assemblies.
In maintenance, teams require quick solutions to repair, reposition, or refurbish components without causing prolonged equipment downtime. Born2Bond Repair, Structural, or MP515 can be used for technical repairs, particularly when the application demands mechanical resistance, gap filling, or improved adhesion.
These solutions can be used in maintenance workshops, MRO operations, plastic part repairs, or rapid refits.
Some applications are exposed to water, condensation, humidity cycles or outdoor environments. The need then is to maintain reliable adhesion despite these conditions.
Born2Bond Instant Adhesives Aquafast and Ultra K85 are particularly suited to these challenges. Aquafast meets the requirements for resistance to humidity and immersion, while Ultra K85 is designed for environments combining heat and humidity.
In electronics, instant glues can be used for attaching small components, holding wires, bonding casings, or assembling plastic and metal parts. Important criteria are precision, small deposit amounts, visual cleanliness, and compatibility with production constraints.
Born2Bond Instant Adhesives Ultra, Ultra Gel and Light Lock can meet these needs depending on the part geometry, material transparency, bonding area and desired process time.
ADDEV Materials supports manufacturers in selecting and integrating technical adhesive solutions. Our role goes beyond simply providing product specifications: we help technical teams identify the formulation best suited to the substrate, the process, environmental constraints and performance requirements.
Our expertise covers industrial adhesives, technical adhesive tapes, films, foams, die-cut gaskets and converting solutions. This comprehensive approach allows us to propose coherent solutions for assembly, fixing, protection, repair or maintenance.
With Bostik, ADDEV Materials offers a range of instant adhesives designed to meet today’s industry requirements: speed, precision, compatibility with a wide range of materials, ease of use and performance in demanding environments.
Born2Bond Ultra is available in different viscosities to suit various applications. Born2Bond Ultra Gel has a thicker consistency, useful for vertical applications, hard-to-reach areas, or deposits requiring more control.
For an application exposed to humidity, Born2Bond Aquafast and Born2Bond Ultra K85 are options to consider. Aquafast is geared towards resistance to humidity and immersion, whilst Ultra K85 is suitable for environments combining humidity and high temperature.
Yes, several Born2Bond references are designed for bonding plastics. The choice of the correct formulation depends on the type of plastic, the surface condition, mechanical stresses, and operating conditions. Some low surface energy plastics may require surface preparation or a specific solution.
Yes, certain references such as Repair, Structural, MP515, Aquafast or Ultra K85 are suitable for maintenance, repair and refurbishment operations. They allow for rapid bonding, shimming, component repair, or to meet humidity and temperature constraints.
For larger gaps, the Structural or MP515 references may be relevant. Bostik indicates that these products can fill gaps of up to 5 mm depending on application conditions. The choice will depend on the material, the expected resistance and the required working time.
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