The best epoxy resin adhesives, compared.
Top pick: Araldite Rapid 15 ml x 2 tubes Best value: Araldite Rapid – Best value on the display scores: about £7.85, 4.6 from 4,653 reviews, and sandable after 2 hours on the listing. Updated 22 October 2026.
An epoxy resin adhesive is a two-part glue. You mix a resin with a hardener, then bond a joint. In the UK it is the household pack for metal, ceramic, wood, glass or a small gap, when superglue is too brittle or too thin and you can wait for a cure. It is not the litre kit sold for coasters and table tops. You judge a suitable pack by the mix, the clock and the surface. Equal parts, a clean keyed surface, and a working time that matches the job matter more than a single strongest-glue line. A syringe measures the push. Twin tubes need equal lengths. Fast grades give you only a few minutes to place the joint. A slower grade stays workable for longer and needs support until it cures. Ordinary epoxy does not wet polyethylene, polypropylene or PTFE. A water-resistant label is not a pond or immersion rating, and household tubes here do not state a food-contact approval. Working time and format are set out in the [epoxy resin adhesive buying guide](/hub/fillers-adhesives-and-sprays/epoxy-resin-adhesive/sub/epoxy-resin-adhesive-buying-guide).
An epoxy resin adhesive is a two-part glue. You mix a resin with a hardener, then bond a joint.
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Araldite Rapid, the 2 × 15 ml twin tubes, is a fast household epoxy at about £7.85 with 4.6 from 4,653 amazon.co.uk reviews. Reviewers say it sets quickly and holds when you mix it as instructed, and one repair in the file is a thread insert bonded back into hardwood garden furniture. The listing says equal parts mixed for about 30 seconds, then sandable and paintable after 2 hours, while the grade page puts working time at about five minutes and handling at about 20 minutes. That short window is the main complaint: if the joint is not ready, the mix goes off before you finish aligning it. Smell and mess show up when someone mixes a large amount, and the 30 ml pack is small for a bigger job. The listing states −30°C to 65°C and water resistance, and it says not to use this adhesive on a rear-view mirror. Colour may vary, and the brand page describes a pale yellow cure rather than a crystal-clear one. The manufacturer field prints as VELCRO Brand, while the title is Araldite.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a known fast Araldite tube under £8 for a small joint you can support within minutes.
Less suitable: You still need time to reposition the parts, or the repair needs more than a 2 × 15 ml pack.
Specifications
Common questions
Does Araldite Rapid work on wood?
Yes. Wood is in the listing materials, and a review describes a thread insert bonded back into hardwood.
Can it be painted?
The listing says it can be sanded and painted after 2 hours.
Does it dry clear?
The technical colour line says colour may vary. A crystal-clear cure is not stated on this listing.
Araldite Standard is the slower twin-tube pack, at about £7.47 with 4.6 from 3,319 amazon.co.uk reviews. The listing states a 14-hour full cure, a range of −30°C to 65°C, and an equal-parts mix stirred for about 30 seconds. Reviewers treat it as a standby for small household repairs, including a glasses hinge, and several prefer it to superglue once they have supported the joint through the long set. They hold the parts with tape or adhesive putty, and one reviewer waits about 24 hours before trusting the repair, which is longer than the listing's 14-hour line. Cold is a real limit: an outdoor winter job gave a poor set until the work was warm. The title says 15 ml while the components line says two 15 ml tubes, so the volume on the page is not consistent. An 80-minute working time is printed on a Standard syringe data sheet, not on this tube listing, and the page still excludes rear-view mirrors. The manufacturer field prints as Velcro Ltd, while the title is Araldite.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You have chosen Araldite and still need time to line the parts up before the mix grabs.
Less suitable: You want the repair sandable in about two hours, or you are working outdoors in the cold.
Specifications
Common questions
Is Araldite Standard heat resistant?
The listing states a range of -30°C to 65°C. It does not give a higher workshop figure.
Does it work on plastic?
The listing says most plastics. It does not name polyethylene or polypropylene on this page.
Can it be used on jewellery?
Jewellery is in the title. The listing does not say the cured bond is food safe or skin safe to wear against a piercing.
The WAN2TLK kit is two bottles totalling 250 ml at about £22.89, mixed 1:1, with gloves, a stick and trays listed in the box. Amazon.co.uk shows 4.6 from 108 reviews, and the 21 review texts in the source file praise the volume against small branded syringes, including a shattered fan base and nuts glued into plywood jigs. The listing allows about five minutes to work, a functional cure around one hour, and full strength in 24 hours, though one large repair started to gel in two to four minutes. Reviewers also report a noticeable smell, thick resin that is awkward to mix, and epoxy that is hard to get off skin. One reviewer says it bonded to itself and to nothing else, so a failed joint is in the file even after surface prep. Waterproof and a heat figure up to 149°C appear as listing lines without a test method. At this price you are buying millilitres and a thin review base, not a long-running branded grade.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You already know you will use a lot of 5-minute epoxy and can accept a thinner UK review file.
Less suitable: You want a named grade with thousands of amazon.co.uk reviews, or a heat or immersion figure with a stated test.
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be used on ceramic?
Yes. Ceramics are named on the listing.
Does it come with mixing trays?
Yes. The listing includes gloves, a stirring rod and mixing trays.
Is it waterproof?
The special-features line says strong and waterproof. No immersion standard is printed in the saved listing.
The Gorilla Epoxy pack gives you two 25 ml syringes that set in about five minutes, with a 30-minute clamp and a full cure in 24 hours on the listing. You stir equal amounts for about 20 seconds and use the mix before that five-minute window closes. Across 16,684 amazon.co.uk reviews it scores 4.5, and the listing sits at number 1 in Epoxies, which is the largest review file in this set. Reviewers describe a strong bond on metal, ceramic, plastic, terracotta, and a garden hose-reel bracket, including jobs where superglue had already failed. The syringe is praised once it is flowing, though air in the barrel can spit epoxy on the first push, and the snap-off tip and flimsy mixing tray draw regular complaints. Some reviewers found the set slower than they expected, so the 24-hour full cure still matters even when the joint feels firm. The listing calls it water resistant and gap-filling; that is not a pond or immersion rating, and it will not wet polyethylene or polypropylene.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a fast, clear syringe for a small household repair you can clamp for about 30 minutes, and you would rather buy two syringes than hunt for a single.
Less suitable: You still need many minutes to line the parts up, you are bonding polyethylene or polypropylene, or you only want one 25 ml syringe.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this Gorilla epoxy work on metal?
The listing names metal among glass, plastic and wood, and the product questions include metal. It does not publish a shear strength on this amazon.co.uk page.
How fast does it set?
The listing says a 5-minute set, a 30-minute clamp and a full cure in 24 hours. Apply the mix within 5 minutes.
Is it waterproof?
The listing says water resistant, not a pond or immersion rating. There is no shower or WC claim in the technical details.
The 3HA HAHAHA tube is listed at about £4.29 with 2.5 from three amazon.co.uk reviews. The one substantive UK review in the source file says the tube arrived about a quarter full and advises not to bother, and there is no second review text to show that was a one-off. The listing does not state a working time, a full cure, a mix ratio or a water rating in the technical details. Bullets conflict with the title: a piece count says two while the title is a pack of one, and other lines mention glue sticks and spreading on one surface only. Bathroom and outdoor claims appear without a temperature range. The materials list names metal, wood, glass and jewellery, with no strength figure you can plan around. An under-filled tube is the complaint this listing actually documents, which sits poorly against the Consumer Rights Act 2015 duty that goods match their description.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You are comparing the bottom of the amazon.co.uk list and can return a tube that is not as described.
Less suitable: Any repair you need to mix, clamp and rely on.
Specifications
Common questions
How long does it take to cure?
The listing does not give a cure time.
Is it waterproof once set?
Marketing bullets mention bathrooms and outdoor use. There is no water-resistance rating in the technical details.
Can it be used outdoors?
The bullets say indoor and outdoor. They do not state a temperature range.
Five amazon.co.uk epoxy resin adhesive listings were scored on a 0–100 scale from the listing, the review file and the shelf price. Amazon evidence is 35 points, from the star rating and the review count. A 4.6 from 108 reviews does not outrank 4.5 from 16,684, and a file of three reviews is a hard deduction. Listing fit is 30 points: a stated mix, a working time, a full cure, and a water or temperature line. Conflicting bullets, a missing cure and a title that clashes with the components line are deducted. A water-resistant word is not scored as immersion, and a heat figure with no test method is not scored as a proven rating. Review outcome is 20 points. Named repairs on metal, ceramic, hardwood or a glasses hinge score above air in a syringe, a quarter-full tube, or a reported failure to bond. Value is 15 points, from the shelf price in GBP for a pack the reviews can still describe. The lowest price does not win. The highest score is the top pick. The best value is the fast tube the display marks for price against a sandable joint, not the cheapest listing. Prices are the amazon.co.uk shelf prices on 19 October 2026. This is not a laboratory test.
Amazon evidence
35%Star rating on amazon.co.uk, then the size of the review file. A 4.6 from 108 reviews does not outrank 4.5 from 16,684. A file of three reviews is a hard deduction.
Listing fit
30%A stated mix, working time, full cure, and a water or temperature line score higher. Conflicting bullets, a missing cure and a title that clashes with the pack line are deducted. Water resistant is not immersion.
Review outcome
20%Named repairs on metal, ceramic, hardwood or a glasses hinge score higher than air in a syringe, a quarter-full tube, or a reported failure to bond.
Value
15%Shelf price in GBP for a pack the reviews can still describe. The lowest price does not win. A similar-priced tube you can sand sooner is the value pick.
Match the mix, the working time and the surface to the joint. A water-resistant line is not immersion, a five-minute pack is not an hour of working time, and a casting kit is a different product.
An epoxy resin adhesive is a resin plus a hardener that you mix, then use to bond a joint. UK householders reach for it when superglue is too brittle or too thin for metal, ceramic, wood, glass or a gap, and when they can wait for a cure. It is not the litre kit sold for coasters and table tops. Those casting packs are a different search. On the packs in this set the stated mix is 1:1 by volume, except the tube that states no ratio at all. A dual syringe measures the push.
Clean, key and support the parts before you mix. A five-minute pack, including Araldite Rapid, Gorilla and the 250 ml kit, is not an hour of working time. If the joint is not lined up, the mix goes off in the tray.
Water resistant on Gorilla and both Araldite listings is not a pond, a shower or a boat hull. The 250 ml waterproof line has no immersion standard in the file. Do not repair crockery you will eat or drink from. None of these listings states a food-contact approval.
Ordinary epoxy does not wet polyethylene, polypropylene or PTFE. A thick blob is a worse joint than a thin film. A wrong resin-to-hardener ratio is not fixed by painting on more hardener, and cold slows the cure.
Fast packs in this set give you about five minutes to apply. Gorilla's listing says a 5-minute set, a 30-minute clamp and a 24-hour full cure. Araldite Rapid's listing says sandable and paintable after 2 hours. The Rapid data sheet puts support at about 20 minutes and full strength at about 2 hours at 23°C. Araldite Standard's tube listing states a 14-hour full cure and does not print a working time.
The listings name metal, wood, ceramic, glass, masonry and many hard plastics. They do not wet polyethylene, polypropylene or PTFE, and both Araldite pages exclude a rear-view mirror. Score water resistant as a listing word, not as immersion. Gorilla's maker page adds moderate water exposure and a cured range of −23°C to 82°C. That range is not on the amazon comparison cell, so the table shows no heat figure for Gorilla. Araldite listings state −30°C to 65°C.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You can clamp ceramic, timber or a small metal break for about 30 minutes. Gorilla Epoxy is the top pick: two 25 ml syringes at about £13.00, 4.5 from 16,684 reviews, with a 5-minute set on the listing. It will not wet polyethylene or polypropylene.
You want a known fast tube and a joint you can support within minutes. Araldite Rapid is the best value at about £7.85, 4.6 from 4,653 reviews, and the listing says you can sand and paint after 2 hours. The working time is very short.
You already use Araldite and still need time to position the parts. Araldite Standard is about £7.47, 4.6 from 3,319 reviews, with a 14-hour full cure on the listing. Reviewers tape or putty the joint. A cold outdoor job in the reviews set poorly.
The top pick is Gorilla Epoxy at about £13.00: two 25 ml syringes, 4.5 from 16,684 amazon.co.uk reviews, and number 1 in Epoxies. The listing says a 5-minute set, a 30-minute clamp and a full cure in 24 hours. Reviewers report metal, ceramic, plastic, terracotta and a hose-reel bracket. Air in the syringe can spit on the first push, and water resistant is not a pond rating. The best value is Araldite Rapid at about £7.85, 4.6 from 4,653 reviews, with a listing that says you can sand and paint after 2 hours. The working time is very short, and it is not a rear-view mirror adhesive. Araldite Standard is the same star line at about £7.47, with a 14-hour listing cure, and it is not the value pick because Rapid can be sanded sooner.
Araldite Rapid
Best value on the display scores: about £7.85, 4.6 from 4,653 reviews, and sandable after 2 hours on the listing.
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Peter F. is the editor for DIY & tools at productscompared.co.uk. Comparisons in this category are checked against amazon.co.uk listings, review evidence and public UK sources.
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