How to glue GLASS to METAL (And have it STICK!) 

38 thumbs down? I guess they all uploaded better videos than this one...

Who else had to run to the bathroom when watching this?????

The best glue sticking ( and usually difficult) test video on RU-vid ! Congratulations , greetings from Brasil !

Thank you for making this video! This is EXACTLY the information I was looking for 😁 thank you for your experiment 👍😎

Aren't you exerting additional force by dropping water in from such a height?

Great video! Exactly what I came for. 👍🏽 Thanks!

Thank you for spending the time on this experiment. The door glass in our car came out of its track. I'm not sure which glue to reattach it with. I don't want to do the job twice. The 2 alternatives were polymer sealant and epoxy. Very helpful, thanks again

Very useful, I have a glass cabinet that needs supports for the shelves as their brackets are failing, and until now have been racking my brains as to what glue to use. The job can now get done.

Thanks for that. This old bird likes to have things simply done...and I understood your demonstration! Cheers from England xx

Finally the video I needed to find the right glue. Thanks brotha.

Great vid. Thanks for sharing. Superglue is good enough for me as it's cheap and easy to find.

About half way through the first bucket test I had to use the bathroom, so I missed the results.;-)

Awesome how you converted the test results into torque in ft. lbs. All of those tested better than I would have expected.. with the exception of the rearview mirror adhesive. I remember the days,..when you'd go out to your car, and the rearview mirror would be laying on the floor. Those were heavy mirrors, that took allot of torque to adjust, subjected to all kinds of extremes, impressive how well that adhesive worked. I always shied away from the 5-minute stuff, in favor of traditional gray JB Weld,--overnight cure, ( ..machine shop in a tube.) ..Would have been interesting seeing them bonded to 1/4 inch glass. ..Great work, very inventive test setup. I ended up using the 5-minute JB Weld for my application,, because I needed a clear adhesive....you roughed up the metal, so i did to, and you did an acetone clean, so i did too. ..You know the old saying, 'You can't argue with results.'👍

thanks for this video man. lifesaver. idk why would anyone even dislike the video.

Great video , and surprising results . Thank you.

Saved me a lot of headache thinking how to mount the middle awning bracket to a window glass where I have no beams available. Many thanks!

I didn't see no Hot glue, or spray adhesive.. I've seen small pieces of glass & glass types held on by the corners with hot glue. Also if you take bi carbonate & mix it into super glue it becomes a solid similar too Epoxy it takes some getting use to though, but if your in a pinch & have nothing else its gunna get the job done. 8:33 Its interesting i wonder if gorrilla glue has changed over the years? When i was like 12-13 (I'm 34) i ran into gorilla glue at a friends & we ended up gluing his uncles tire you the concrete we didn't use that much but it was funny & took awhile to loosen, & break free. Which is why i wonder if the materials its used on maters? or if they just changed it over the years? However you are supposed to damper the surface for the strongest bond & a few other things. Back then they only had one type of gurrilla glue though, so i guess it could be a whole different kind?

Thank you for the tests! Very useful! Review the test results at 8:20 and 8:55

You understand the rearview mirror in your car is a metal object glued to your windshield.......yes? Any auto parts store.......

Wow. Thank you for providing actual helpful content!!

I would try it next time with much thicker glass. But like other ppl, thanks for the knowledge.

Thank you, have been worrying about screwing metal knobs to a mirrored door. Looks like I won't have to!

I was searching glue to fix rear view mirror. Thanks for the teat.

You didn't apply the gorilla glue correctly! The gorilla glue needs water to activate the bonding agent! And I did this mistake before and the strength differed greatly between the two application. But I would have really like to see how the gorrilla glue would have performed with the correct application!

Excellent video! Exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you 👍

what if we heat the glass or steel? will the attachment remain? I am basically interested in bottom steel glass plate and it is glued with a glass surrounding that is it is a glass with steel bottom It has some advantages just checking if such glue remain attached if we keep water in the glass ad heat the steel until the water evaporates>

Thanks. Maybe a warning is necessary for this video. Had to stop the video at 5 minutes in for a pee break.

Thank you so much for doing this test! I want to hang stained glass and needed to know what was best to use!

Wow! Great, Thanks for the video! Good job

what is the very best glue to glue neoprene rubber onto a aluminum plate also how does one glue it i sure there some kind of method of doing it the right way

Using thin glass is a fail, should've used thick strong glass.

....semi pseudo scientifically.....just cracked me up.

great video things the companies dont want you to know. Cuddoes

Its Apoxy for me. Thankyou. I'm glueing a copper fitting to the back of several glass, or ceramic, plates together to look like flowers, then copper fitting on the back for a stake to go into to stand them up in the garden

Thanks so much for sharing this experiment. Very informative! :)

😂😂😂 if u read the back of the super glue info, it indicates “not recommended for …glass “ 😂😂😂

Borosilicate to borosilicate glassware! UV? Superglue cleaning Acetate nah. Now add heat and pressure then vacuum and deadly reaction processed and ☠️ 💥. Nah seriously? Just inert external, maybe temporarily internal silicon? Safest for poorest hobbies and learning. What if part was prohibitively expensive? Nobody?

Thanks for sharing. I recently had an anchor point on my glass desktop separate. I was looking at UV glue and whatnot. I totally forgot rearview mirror adhesive existed.

I thumbed up for the music! The content is very informative too.

10.01 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

Urethane is really very sensitive to moisture on the surfaces. I work in production for urethane bonding of medical devices. We always heated the plastic parts to 150 F before bonding. We also let them cool before bonding and then immediately bonded at room temperature. IF wd did not do this especially in the humid summers, bubbles would form at the glue joint

You really have to factor in the contact area of the glue as well

I love your experiment! I am wanting to replace metal 'leg clips' on glass holiday bird ornaments. Where as strength might not be the first priority, I would like clear drying, non yellowing and longevity. Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you :)

Saved me $$ from buying new glasses knobs from thieving Restoration H - Thanks!

Great vid...i need to reglue my vehicle window lift connector to the side window base. Now i know how to. Thanks

Very helpful video.

Thanks for test. I going glue my jeoulsie window for security purposes temporarily until I can change it out to vinyl sliders.

Very clever setup. Especially when you added to blue tape for safety.

One of the best and most useful product tests that I've seen, thanks! My girlfriend has a metal lamp holder that she'd like to have glued to a mirror. After watching your video it's clear to me that JB Weld is the way to go 👍

Thank you, this was exactly what I needed, a few months ago a glass knob fell off the dresser that I had. I didn't know how to reattach the knob to the metal screw, now I know without calling my little brother. Thank you so much!

I would like to see these tests again but before the bucket test soak the bolt / glass in water for 24 hours first, maybe even saltwater, then uv light. I live on the coast and finding adhesives that will hold up Outdoors is fun, not.

appreciate the work. I need a water pressure gauge to be as waterproof as possible, and this helps with my testing to ensure no leaks.

I tried building a chandelier by gluing metal and glass parts together but it somehow failed with that same epoxy, with a minimal side force. I don’t understand how I’m getting completely different results than this video, now I’m not sure what to do :(

Thanks for the video! Interesting choice of background music to. I liked it!

I am in Namibia we're can I found this tap of glue

Thank you for this! I want to DIY a glass topped table on a metal base and this would definitely help me attach the glass to the base.

The glass would definitely break before the JB Weld haha, I've heard of people using it to plug holes in engines blocks of drag cars and shit before hehheh

Gorilla glue sucks

I love the quality of this test, especially the attention to detail and giving us the failure in lb-ft.

Ok that was awesome I see I’ll be fine with any of these glues. But one point of contention I have is that it seems not that the joint failed but that the glass itself failed.

You can call it torque but in reality the torque is transformed into pulling force in the top part of the screw head, nice test thought

Thank you! great video!

You did not apply the Gorilla Glue correctly. Should be applied with water to activate the agent.

That gave me an idea to superglue a metal to the bottom of a soy sauce bottle and use it as hummingbird feeder with magnetic hook hanger.

Greetings from Ireland - Thanks for doing these great tests! ☘

Thank you

Thank you for the video a lot of great info. I hope you don't mind my comment. I work in the glass industry and I can tell you that glass has two different sides. A Tin side and a score side. Things Bond better to the score side. It probably wouldn't matter a great deal for a glue test but it would be interesting to know if you kept up with the sides as you cut your glass blanks.

Nice video, I liked your testing method.👌

Thanks, I hoe this helps me glue the frameless shower door trolley back on the door the manufacturer said to use silicon and let dry 24 hours, but it did not work, now this could be a old tube of calk or the wrong kind. But the JB Weld shows promise

amazing I came to this test video coz I needed a glue to join test tubes to magnit for a magnetic virtual garden , wich one do you think will these work best ? as it'll belisted on my store so I want to ensure my product's quality. and thanx a bunch for these videos.

If the joint is stronger than the substrate...then I consider that a win for the joint.

Don't watch the 2nd half of this video if youre not close to a place to pee

I am cringing at the first bucket test I can’t take this pressure

Great stuff! Thx for the video!

I’m trying to glue a piece of painted glass (less than 4 pounds) to 1/4 inch washer in order to hang it in a window. Of you feel that your winner would work for this project and would I be able to feel secure long term ? Thank you.

I have been working in glueing a glass table top to a fastener made of metal that sits in the middle of the glass to screw it down on the stand. It came off and so , I bought some gorilla glue if all sorts, hot glue made from gorilla , some E6000 , and gorilla epoxyy and gorilla glue for glass and metal. I first tried a mixture of all the glues together, it didn't set right and I made a mistake of screwing the top on before it set long enough, so I tried just the E6000 , it didn't set right came apart after a day and a half of hardening. I then tried the gorilla epoxy , it was messy but it's holding better after 48 hrs. If it comes apart I am going to the hot glue.

Awesome job! Helped me a ton. Thanks :)

This is strange, when I used superglue on glass before, to bond two broken bits together, it did not stick at all. In fact it looked like the Gorilla glue in your test. Do we get a different brand of Superglue in UK?

Dude, more than helpful. Im about to hang a class platter as a wall piece and your test help me decide on super glues and small chain link as the hanging material. Top work.

I'm wondering which would be easiest to remove if you hard to replace.

Thank you!! I must choose tomorrow appropriate glue to re-glue a metal handle on a refrigerated, glass-door merchandiser in a supermarket. Quick-set expoxy it is !! 😃

How to remove it after my table is break.. i need their leg

Thanks Aaron now awana pee

Thank you, Sir.

It would be interesting to do some thermal cycles with maybe, 5 lbs attached to see if the results would be the same.

Thanks. That was great.

I was searching uv glue and this was the first video

Sweet! Thank u so much!

I expected gorilla to be the weakest

Great video!

Rearview mirror adhesive for metal to glass is hard to beat.

Great test and video. Quick to the point and answered some questions.

Have you done a test with a silkscreen (pcb) to glass?

I wonder how these bonds hold up in the Florida sun? I can't get anything to keep my rear view mirror to stay on. Thoughts?

Damn you A BEAST

you should have tested for underwater test

any type of superglue is not going to work

Thank you

Awesome!

If the thing we join is wased daily and heated too..will the glue resist??