Help with Adhesive Runner...

[TinaG604]

Well... I've ONLY done this SU stuff, card making, scrapbooking for ELEVEN years... but I'm at a loss.

Does anyone else have issues with their adhesive losing it's grip over time? I have cards that I've made that I have kept and find they are coming apart.

I use SU adhesive but have tried others to see if it's any different and don't have any luck.

I'm starting to wonder if glue dots or a general liquid adhesive will keep things together longer.

HELP!!!

[Crafter 4 Life]

I have heard negative comments about the SU adhesive runner stating, as you have, that the cards 'fall apart'. I am new to papercrafting but I do have the 3M ATG gun and use their tape and am happy with the 'sticking power' of the adhesive. I am having the same problem many users are with the applicator but the adhesive seems to stay stuck. I have cards made earlier this year that are in the same condition-layers, embellishments, etc. (Have only been papercrafting since late last year. Got the ATG gun & tape in April.) I just sent for the tape from The Tape Depot that some users here have been converting to and like so I can't make any comments on that adhesive yet. Some peopler here also have made good comments on the Duck tape (red plastic housing-found at Joanns and Michaels). Good luck finding a tape that works better for you. I know that you, as we all do, have put time and thought into your project and are disappointed with it coming apart so quickly.

[lbirus]

Stampin Up and several craft stores sells a product called Mono multi by Tombow in a GREEN package. It is amazing stuff!!! I promise you will not have card parts falling off ever again. There is a thin tip that delivers it in miniscule portions that are perfect and do not buckle even the thinnest paper. There is a fatter tip that will allow you to spread the glue if you are doing a large surface. It also has the bonus of being easily removed if a bit squeezes out (I use the glue removing eraser from SU.. like $3 and lasts for decades). It's also soooo much more economical than taper runner, snail or the other mono products.
Try it you'll LOVE it!