$30 glue is actually very inexpensive. I wish we could get glue that cheap. The CA glue we use is over $230 retail per bottle. Add in the $26 activator and $70 bottle of primer. What is the adhesive you are using and what are the materials you are bonding with it?
Anyway, depending on the material you are gluing, many companies don't use the adhesives that give the best bond. They use adhesives that are fast. We spent 9mos working with one US cone vendor. They do have been in business for 50+ years and do cones for Boston, JL, EV, Bose, etc. We ended up trying to use them for the AV series cones when we decided we could switch to paper instead of aluminum. Their glue was a heat reactivated glue that was brushed on both parts, then heated back up to make the bond. The trouble is that a cohesive bond by nature isn't nearly as strong as and adhesive bond. After 9 months we still had cones and surrounds falling apart. Their response was that nobody else had problems with the adhesive and there was nothing else they could do. Wasted $20,000 and lost $500,000 in OEM contracts because of the 9 months wasted with them. Had to get attorneys and the better business bureau involved to resolve it.
John
