[PSUscaper]

For a recent project, I needed to speed up things and wanted to glue pavers together.

these were basically the corner cut pieces you have to cut and adhere together to make a nice, square corner using bullnose.

I ofter find that most paver bonds are too slow and the corners 'sag' down when being set on top of a wall/pillar/pool coping.

I knew a epoxy would do the job, but wanted to try something a littel cheaper.

The solution..........Gorilla Glue!

The tests are underway, so I'll report what happens. So far, very pleased. The stuff set up very solid in about 30 minutes, and almost cured in a couple of hours.

Cool stuff too.......can be applied to wet surfaces........which is a huge benefit as none of the paver bonds do.

My observation on this stuff.......I swear this is the same stuff Probst/Pave tech sells as a 'wet paver bond'. It is sold in about a 12 oz squeeze bottle, and unlike epoxy, you can use just a little bit and still save the rest.

Also, it foams up just like the pave tech brand glue does.

Anyone familiar with anything I have said??????

[jwholden]

I have used Gorilla Glue on wood before, held real nice and the directions say to wet both surfaces before applying. I think the lable says use on wood, curious how it holds up with pavers.

[PSUscaper]

Just got a link to the pave tech version......

http://www.pavetech.com/adhesives/adhesi.shtm


I'm referring to the type III......

as I look at the picture.......I swear the "gorilla glue" is sold in the exact same bottle, just a different lable.

I paid something like $12 for on bottle......I wonder what pave tech is charging.........could be on to something here! I hate, hate, hate paying more for something just because it says 'pave tech' on it.

[Stonehenge]

I've seen it in department stores and contract supply houses, but never tried it.

That may be the next GTX test - adhesives.

[PSUscaper]

One vote here for that test!

[dan deutekom]

2nd vote for that test. I really want a good glue that works in the wet! (It's raining again and I have one job to sweep in polymer sand and one job to glue cap)

[Stonehenge]

Well then, let's start putting together some specs for the test. I'll start a new thread for that.

[Tim]

This is a little bit of a stretch, but when we were doing a Radison project in WI, one of the sub's installed granite sinks, showers, and walls by using liquid nails. I don't know how it would bond to pavers, or hold up on an exterior application though. Might want to try this in your tests S.H. Tim

[scott C]

I used a masonary glue from home depot. It said it could be used on wet surfaces. Not sure of the set time .... later in the project I needed to remove some caps for the installation of some lights. This glue held extremely strong I had to chisel the blocks apart which was no easy task. Some of the blocks held so tight that they cr
acked rather than splitting the glue apart. I will try and find the name of it.

[Stonehenge]

One of my favorites, better than the adhesives I've tried so far that are designed for this work, is the PL polyurethane Construction Adhesive. This is not the PL Landscape Block adhesive. That is easier to gun, but does not hold as well. The Construction Adhesive comes in a black and yellow tube.

It's been the toughest so far. The only thing I have a problem with, using this adhesive, is bonding clay pavers to concrete block. I have to cut grooves into the bottoms of the clay pavers to give them more bite.