Sealants are vital for sticking
together a variety of material both in our household as well as inn varied
industries. While the adhesives meant for home and minor purposes are light
duty, the ones used for industry are referred to as trade sealants and offer
a more heavy duty solution. They are widely used in many industries like marine,
automotive, building etc. Let’s look into some of the most common uses of these
sealants -
Bonding
Despite being called a sealant, it is
widely used for bonding materials. These normally bond most materials except
for Styrofoam, paper and cardboard. These are used to assemble equipments and
devices made with metal substrates, for fabrication of plywood, fibreglass and
various fibre-epoxies like boron-epoxy and carbon-epoxy.
Automotive
repairs
Sealants are widely used to carry out
simple automotive repairs like body leaks, trunk leaks, fixing generators,
radiators etc. Being resistant to most
corrosive materials and even gasoline and oil, they are a must have for the
automotive industry. Apart from it, you might be surprised to know that all
manufacturers use about three types of sealants to assemble their engine. These
sealants play a vital role in the soundless efficiency of the modern engine.
Garage
Sealants sever a very important
purpose in the garage. Based on the type of material forming the garage floor
and roof, an appropriate sealant is coated on them for a couple of times to
enhance their resistance and lend them more power. There are varied types of
garage floor sealers like topical sealers, acrylic, epoxy, polyurethane,
penetrating sealers etc. Apart from it, most garage would always have a
container of sealant tucked aside somewhere. It can be vital in wood working,
fishing rod, for minor repair work and varied other uses.
Crafts
Sealant is the perfect adhesive that
works seamlessly for most craft projects. They are ideal for gluing together
many surfaces like glass, porcelain, rubber, leather etc. The look is extremely
neat and the bonding extremely strong.
Sealants have various other versatile uses even
in your house like fixing up small leaks and joints etc. Thus it is always
advisable to keep a container of sealant within easy reach.
