There's only so many times that glue leaves you with sticky fingers before you start looking an alternative.
But while Bondic is billed as "not a glue" (in fact, their website is NotaGlue.com; it's technically called a portable welder) part of what I like most about it is what is similar to a glue, namely, it makes things stick together. But it's neater than bottled glue and quicker than a glue gun. And I so love quicker.
While Bondic has a whole list of things it can help repair around the house (and my husband was eager to take it as soon as I was done!) the first thing that came to my mind was, "This will be awesome for crafts!"
So I got to playing around with it and - hey, I was right! First I tried sketching a simple design (mostly because simple is so my style!) onto a mini canvas. I used the Bondic tool to trace over the pencil sketch, and then used the special LED light to dry the glue. The glue won't dry until you shine this "magic" light on it, so if you make a mistake, no worries. Wipe it off and try again. (Beat that, Mr. Glue Gun!)
So I got to playing around with it and - hey, I was right! First I tried sketching a simple design (mostly because simple is so my style!) onto a mini canvas. I used the Bondic tool to trace over the pencil sketch, and then used the special LED light to dry the glue. The glue won't dry until you shine this "magic" light on it, so if you make a mistake, no worries. Wipe it off and try again. (Beat that, Mr. Glue Gun!)
Then I painted the whole thing with my favorite gold color paint. Hmm...not bad. I was liking this thing already!
My second attempt was to make an easy homemade card using the Bondic glue as "bubbles" in the background. I started out with some cardstock and added sea creature stickers I had.
Then I made a few different-sized globs (official scientific word there) and then used the light to melt them. You can try this with a glue gun and get similar results, but the glue gun can leave those strands that annoy me so much.
Now it says you only need to use the light for 4 seconds, but I found it still a bit tacky after that short time so I use the light for a little longer...just to make sure it's good and dried!
My only complaint - refills are only available in little containers or massive ones for commercial users. They need something in between, methinks. Other than that, I'm sold (especially on the price, which runs just over $20 for the starter set).
What would you use this tool to make or fix?
Disclosure: I received Bondic for free in the hopes I would share it with my readers. I only share products I love and think you will, too. All opinions are, and always will be, 100% my own.
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