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What we get asked on the shop floor, written down. Six articles, each short, practical and specific to hot melt.

6 articlesWritten by our technical team

Resins, waxes and polymers — what each one does, and how the ratio between them decides strength, flexibility and set time.

Twelve months is achievable — but only with the right storage temperature, sealed packing and disciplined stock rotation.

Where the smell at the applicator actually comes from, and the two changes that remove most of it.

Bonding at 120–150°C instead of higher: what it protects, what it saves, and where it is the wrong choice.

Hot melt is already 100% solids with no solvent — and the newer bio-based options go further.

You buy glue by weight but apply it by volume — which is why a lighter adhesive lowers cost per carton.

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