HDPE’s (high density polyethelene – like the popular and widely used King StarBoard®) – are famous for basically being products that nothing wants to stick to. That’s a good thing when it comes to dirt and sediment. But it becomes a challenge when you’re talking about things like most adhesives (which, you know, you want to have stick.)

That’s why we love it when we get feedback like this from one of our customers:

Quick shout out to you. I ordered some of the Chem-Set 6105 Polypro that we had talked about and “tested” it out with some HDPE (StarBoard) remnants I had. No mechanical fastener. Repeatedly beat it with a hammer. Dented the Black ST, the stuff works. Thanks for the info!

Rick at Public Safety industries, San Clemente, CA

After a chat with Andrew on our sales team, Rick took his suggestion and found out that there is indeed one adhesive that will work well with StarBoard – Chem-Set 6105.

Chem-Set 6105 Polyolefin Bonder

Chem-Set 6105 is a 2-part, 1:1 toughened acrylic adhesive. It has been developed to bond low surface energy plastics such as polypropylene and polyethylene (e.g. King Starboard) – with no primer or surface treatment required. It can also be used to bond a wide variety of other materials such as metals and composite materials and is ideal for bonding dissimilar surfaces.

A Few of the Features and Benefits You Can Expect from Chem-Set 6105

• Adhesion to a wide variety of substrates.
• Full cure at room temperature.
• Bonds polyolefins.
• No primer required.
• Impressive impact strength.
• Good chemical resistance.

Putting Chem-Set 6105 to the Test

Have you seen the video that our sales team put together to show off the strength of this exciting new product? Take a look and see first-hand how the bonding strength of Chem-Set 6105 handles the stress of a tensile pull test, a drop test, and the time-tested trial of beating it with a hammer (like Rick at Public Safety Industries did.)

As the video depicts, we conducted these tests on King StarBoard®, which is a special, high-density polyethylene sheet that provides an extremely tough surface. StarBoard typically lasts a lifetime. It is environmentally stabilized to endure the harshest outdoor conditions. The material is well known in the marine world, but it’s also fast gaining popularity for use in indoor-outdoor cabinetry…especially in high-end outdoor kitchens. As these types of HDPE’s grow in popularity, our Chem-Set 6105 adhesive is also gaining interest, because it’s doing what few other adhesives on the market can claim – it’s creating strong joints in this popular all-weather material. Our clients are testing it in their own setups and coming back with the kind of response that Rick shared with us: the stuff works!

It’s quite easy to use – you’ll just need to use one of our dispensing guns and mixing nozzles along with the product.

Have you been looking for that adhesive that works well with polyethylene, polypropylene, or polyolefins? Please call our experienced sales team team to find out more about our exciting new Chem-Set 6105 Polyolefin Bonder…and like Rick did, we’d love to hear how it turns out to be a success for you!

Give us a call (toll-free) at 800-220-1966 or email sales@chemical-concepts.com.