20 Best Glue To Stick Photos To Wood (2023 Updated)

I used it to make a book for my granddaughters graduation from high school. I had many photos and appreciated it being acid free. It was easy to use. Dries quickly. Be careful when placing because it adheres almost immediately.

Highly recommend product.

Ive had better luck with this glue that others Ive tried. For best stick, apply a bit on back of photos, etc. and on surface applying it to. Easy to apply, doesnt smell. Good value. I make a memory book of a trip in an old-fashioned scrapbook with photos, brochures, etc.

and can then add a script of my trip plus written notes on the pages pointing to special things I want to remember or a personal comment. The photos are still in place when I revisit the trip later.

An archival grade glue stick that STICKS. AWESOME!

Adhesive aspect was great, nice bond, easy to work with. Maybe I just got a bad can, but the instructions say to line up the nozzle with a mark, which I did, but not only was it dripping out while I was spraying it, but it continued to do so after I stopped spraying.

It says to clear it after use, but I didn’t make it that far, I just threw it back in the bag to keep it from dripping over everything. Giving it 4 stars still because I think I just got a faulty can, and other than the dripping/leaking, it was great.

Works great! Love the variety! Plenty of mileage to start multiple books. Just bought my second set.

I love Beacon 3 in 1 glue. I primarily use it for building my miniatures. It is tacky enough to hold a piece in place with time to reposition if necessary. It dries clear and works well on many different materials.

I would liken it to the consistency of hot glue but without the worry of getting burned. It can be a bit stringy but easily breaks with my fingers and I will have a wet wipe on hand to clean off right away.

I am so glad to have discovered this product.

This is the best craft glue I have ever had. No hype, really the best. When used between two paper sheets it spreads out thin and leaves no bumps or “ghosting”. Warning, when they say instant grab they mean it! You better make sure you have the glued item placed right the first time as there is no repositioning! The other downside is the odor.

The smell is as strong as contact cement but disappears quickly. I have used this for gluing 3D objects with perfect results. This will be my go to glue from now on!!.

This is an amazing product. I make cards all the time and have used a plethora of glues. This one outshines them all. Checks all the boxes, non stick cap, dries quick, spreads thin or thick, positioning can be done quickly after initial application and stays sealed.

Total thumbs up on this product. Give it a try. :).

Have used this glue for years with NO problems. Dries quickly. Let dry completely for 24 hours before sliding projects behind plastic inserts or plastic could become wrinkly or wavy. After that it’s safe and perfect for archive.

Perfect for mounting archival pictures and embellishments into albums or scrapbooks.

Very happy with this glue when sticking magnets onto plastic. Spills clean up easy being water base and when it dries its super tough. I left it about 12-24 hours. I researched craft glues before Choosing this one, as its non toxic.

Dries clear. Leave piece until fully cured.

This is a fantasic glue. Water based, holds like superglue. Dries clear. Cant rate this highly enough. I use it for scale modelling, and it doesnt affect the plastic or paint like other glues do

Gorilla glue is a great product but I really liked using the pen because it makes it easier to apply. I was also using white felt so getting the white glue wouldn’t change the color of the felt. Michaels had a lot to choose from so making my purchase was easy.

Love this glue! It really adheres to whatever it’s applied to and if directions is followed closely. The only downside is that you have to wet the item you are applying it to to activate it. With that it takes time if you have a big project.

This was at my favorite glue. I used it to fix some acrylic jewelry pieces I had but I found it after a few where’s they all came on attached again. There may be other things better on the market for jewelry purposes but the price is OK if you are looking for some thing temporary.

I am an embroiderer who sometimes creates landscaped fabric backgrounds. I used to machine stitch the layers down, but on the advice of a YouTuber, I started using Aleene’s Tacky Glue. I squirt the glue into a small container, then use either a fine paint brush, a mascara brush or even a cotton swab to spread it on my fabric piece.

Much easier than running over to the machine every few minutes!.

Aleena’s offers a variety of different glues for many uses. This tacky glue was terrific as it gave me the exact tackiness that I was needing for my cardstock project. It wasn’t watery like some other glues.

It adhered quickly, dried quickly. Would definitely recommend this glue as one of the top glues.

Tacky Glue is great for using with crafts, even with elementary students. A small amount is all that is needed to hold and it dries so quickly. In a class room situation, putting some Tacky glue in small containers and giving each students a small flat wooden sticks allows each child to have access.

The glue worked even with gluing sequence and jewels on an oval wooden bead.

Wow! Haven’t used stick glue since the kids were little. THIS stuff STICKS!! And so less MESSY than liquid madness!

I do all types of crafts and never have found a glue stick that works better. it’s just frustrating that no one carries it. I have to hunt for it everytime I run out. if you find it buy them out. LoL.

once you try this you won’t use any other kind.

I needed a fabric adhesive for a small project, so was happy to find this inexpensive option. Everyone’s used a glue stick, so it was easy to use. Holds well for my appliqué project. Even washable, following directions.

If you need a paste that dries slowly it may suit your purpose. It took almost 12 hours to dry for me and was hard to spread evenly using a squeegee or any other method on a big project. I could have just used mod-podge liquid and worked a lot faster (and cheaper).

The installation was temporary outside and the product eventually colored white from the moisture in the air. I was using flower petals and they would not stick. It is probably perfect for some other environment and materials but it is not versatile.

I love multi-media projects and using beautiful papers. I don’t want glue that shows. I want a non-acidic glue that will be archival. I also teach art and using glue with children is SO frustrating for me and for them, when the glue bottle gets stopped up over and over again.

That does not happen with YES paste for paper projects. There is no pouring out too much glue, so it is actually economical- less waste and less mess. (Below is a photo of my most recent paper project, using YES paste.

I glue the painted thin, crinkled Masa paper to watercolor paper. ).

I found two of these glue sticks at an estate sale and loved them. They’re the best I’ve ever used for papercrafting, and I’ve used lots of brands. I couldn’t find them locally, so ordered online from B&H.

Great product and great service!.

Bought this from Hobby Lobby before, so when I ran out, was wanting this same brand. Great product and great service from this site.

A few years back I got a great deal on an office desk that I love. It’s been through daily use with work from home and the keyboard drawer I use for all my office supplies was barely hanging on with the screws and wood coming apart.

After unsuccessfully attempting to nail and screw the drawer back together, it stripped the holes and didn’t leave much more room to repair. Figured I’d give this glue a go before ultimately chucking the drawer out which I was bummed to think of doing.

Thankfully this glue is amazing!!! Glued the drawer together, albeit a little messy (thankfully it’s a hidden mess), allowed to dry for 36 hours and good as new. It’s been months of daily drawer use and it’s held up no issue.

Only wish I found this wood glue sooner instead of a year of battling with my broken drawer. Will be a staple in our house for sure.

The lockdown has given the family a great opportunity to watch me doing some long-overdue jobs around the house. Nineteenth on their list was a garden gate and fence to keep the dog out of the plants.

To my annoyance, my bottle of external wood glue had dried up, and was unuseable. This was largely my own fault, as I hadn’t done it up quite as tightly as needed to keep all air out. To my surprise, this make which I’ve always used was out of stock everywhere I looked – bearing in mind that a lot of stockists weren’t open.

So I alighted upon this Gorilla. I have to say – and this is entirely a subjective observation – that the first two joints I glued and nailed fell apart after a few minutes, and I had to use clamps! Now it’s probably due to my lack of experience, but I have the slight impression that this Gorilla doesn’t stick quite as quickly as the ‘other make’ that I’ve used for years.

The problem with the ‘other brand’ is that once the joint is made, you can’t change your mind. It is difficult to pull apart. I repeat that this isn’t a scientific test, just my impression. But I have used the old glue for 40 years of intermittent carpentry, and before that some powered stuff.

Maybe being able to pull a joint apart soon after isn’t such a bad thing; I remember once putting some dowels in and having a great problem when I realised that I done it wrongly! Otherwise, it’s just fine; the nozzle is good (the cause of my problem with the other) once you’ve fathomed out how to open it by pulling it upwards.

Of course, the real test will be to see if the dog gets through the gate and digs up the garden; then dog and I will be looking for refugee status. But this Gorilla is excellent, and the retractable applicator is really sensible.

Thoroughly recommended. Just a small thing; the ‘Click and Collect’ is very helpful. Thanks Hereford branch! STOP PRESS: family are so delighted with the gate that they are going to let me make another one! Joy of joys!.

The classic glue stick and alleged recyclable. Great for sticking down small pieces of paper into my scrap book. I suppose the glue would stick down bits of fabric into a book as well. Convenient to use and no extra glue need escape.

What I would like to see is something that helps get the last of the glue in the tube out easily. Otherwise, you have to use a stick, knife or other.

Scissors, paper, card, felt, bits of cloth and a proper Pritt Stick hours ofentertainmentIve tried the cheapo glue sticks and in my experience Pritt Stick is the best. Its solvent and PVC free and it washes out of clothes at 30C.

It also wipes off surfaces easily. It really does stick things together very well. The adhesive can be applied smoothly and evenly, and there is sufficient time to reposition the object. The cap fits properly which stops the adhesive from drying out.

A great product which is safe and suitable for children.

As always, Pritt glue cant be beaten for both kids crafts and as a school easential. I purchased the large pack of full sized glue’s, a 5 pack, as they shoumd last longer and are overall better value.

Cheaper than other online retailers!.

I have tried various cheaper own brands and bulk buys but they have always turned out to be money thrown away. You really cant beat Pritt sticks. I paid just over 1. 30 each for this pack of 5 and know they will last a couple of months provided they are not lent out to the whole class My children have to provide for their own Pritt sticks at school and they also use plenty for home craft activities.

I have now bought a large bottle of PVA glue for home use as this works out even cheaper and these sticks are used for places I dont want any spills.

In common with many of the reviewers here, I have tried other brands of glue stick, but I find Pritt works the best of all. I have also recently tried liquid glue but the technology clearly has not changed since I was at school in 60s, the clear liquid glues soak the paper that you are trying to glue, and take a considerable time to dry.

Pritt spreads smoothly and thinly, without lumps I find some alternative stickglues spread in a lumpy fashionThe size and price for a box of 5 is excellent value. NOTE I did receive 5 in my box, but some reviewers only received 4 in a box.

If that happens simply email the seller via the StationeryPacks message system, Advise them and ask for your 5th tube. Not only can you get what you have paid for, but they can check the rest of their stock.

You could be helping other customers and the seller.

Not in the usual white red and black tube. Suspect these are for a foreign market. Havent used them yet but they are not as described in the photographs which makes me unsure of them. Wouldnt have bought them if Id known.

Used and bought Pritt for many years as Headteacher, never looked like these.

This stuff works fine. It does not dry as fast as other glue sticks, which is fine because it allows that extra minute to make sure your project is lined up precisely the way you want it. It is a tricky gelatinous goo that’s not like the typical glue stick, but once you’re used to using it, it’s good stuff.

It is a sticky adhesive substance, so if you pull the stick off what you’re gluing too fast, it’s going to make strings. As far as durability, it works fine. It’s going to last a long time. If you bend it, ball it up up, or do something to pull it apart, your project is not going to last as long as you assumed it would.

I Wouldn’t recommend this stuff for unsupervised kids to use. You’re just asking for trouble if you do. Other than that, I’d tell other people to use it. My only complaint is that the sticks are sold only about 1/2-1/3 full.

Scotch needs to actually FILL the entire tube.

I thought I would try this brand because of the “wrinkle-free” and “no clump formula” it offers. Well, after persevering with the first stick, I just gave up because it does clump, in big stringy and messy chunks.

The chunks are difficult to remove from the paper you’re trying to stick because your fingers get gluey and it all ends up a mess, and as a consequence, makes your glued-down surface lumpy. It’s a bit like working with chewed chewing gum all stretched out and getting stuck on everything it comes into contact with.

Messy, messy, messy! I got loads of sticky strings all over my work surface and fingers and messed up quite a bit of the ephemera I was working with! I’m not a happy crafter and will not recommend this product.

This product was purchased for both home and office use. I thought I was buying top quality because of the brand, which I have used for decades. After the first use, the Wrinkle-free Glue Stick is a gooey, stringy, globby mess! I don’t know how 3m/Scotch could let a product like this get to market without having a variety of consumers test it out.

It really wouldn’t take long to see that it is not worthy of the brand name.

We loved this glue at first. Then discovered if you do not CONSTANTLY keep it stirred/shaken, it has NO bonding strength. We have had to make refunds to several of our customers after the items we shipped to them had stuff literally just falling off.

Be VERY CAREFUL of this glue!.

This glue sets up FAST! You weren’t kidding when you said 15 minutes clamping time. Great stuff, but be careful with when to use it. I glued a small block to a board and had a hard time to adjust its position about two minutes later.

Used for a cardstock project. It held the paper together well however if it got on your fingers, it was very difficult to get off and if you didn’t take the glue off of your fingers, it would ruin or stick to any part of the cardstock you touched.

Although it did hold well, it created a lot of issues for me when cleaning off excess/residue.

It works well, really well for attaching papers together. If you have a lot of things to glue & will use the majority if it at once, it is great. For me, with days between very small projects. It isn’t great.

Dries very quickly & is a pain then to use.

This glue is used in my card crafting every day. The tiniest amount holds well without a mess. This glue works well in areas requiring small applications and performs great. One bottle last a long time.

This was pretty good glue. We used it for some kids crafts. I usually buy Aleene’s tacky glue, but couldn’t find it. This worked just as well, however, I will still use both brands. Aleene’s is good for crafts like kid’s wooden pieces that will be hung up.

But now I know I can use Elmer’s craft bond for just about anything and will stock up for our arts and crafts crafts cupboard for our very crafty family (with 3 full-time Junior crafters).

I created a card stock ornament as one of three Christmas projects for my two grand dudes classes. The embellishments to be glued on the ornaments are tiny pom poms, gem stones, tiny stars, buttons and confetti stars.

I first tested a few different brands of glue all thicker and thought the embellishments shouldn’t have a problem staying on. After the embellishments were dried I rubbed and wiggles the embellishments and unfortunately the glues did not work at all.

I can’t have the ornaments falling apart that wouldn’t be very nice. I did a search on Michael’s. com to see if I could find a heavy duty glue. I read the discription on the Elmer’s tacky glue and it looked like this glue should work better.

The price was less then the other leading brands too. I bought 5 bottles went home and did a test and to my surprise the pom poms and gem stones stayed glued. No more other brand tacky glues, I’m sticking to Elmer’s tacky glue.

I never knew Elmer had a tacky glue. Less expensive and with a couple even better!.

I needed fabric glue for some outdoor curtains and this was GREAT! I am not an arts & crafts person, so I bought several kinds of glue. This one is by far the best! I came out white like normal Elmer’s glue, but when it dried – wow! It was so clear; you would not know it was glued unless you were there when I did it.

I would definitely recommend this product!.

Worked perfect. Didnt cause the “wrinkly effect” when just using basic copier paper

Wow! What can I say! I am blow away, I mean truly impressed by this item. You will not be let down once you give this a go! You will be thanking me You tried ! Great!!!. *** Follow for follow back!*** New accout; lock out of My old one! [brand:influenster].

I really like these glue sticks. I am very busy creating different products and working on various projects and liquid glue is not always a requirement, especially when a deadline is approaching and I’m pushing my crunch time.

They dry quickly with great hold. I don’t have to worry about embellishments falling off or being held in their proper places. They’re especially easy for young children with no mess.

I use this product for craft projects we do during school. I love the fact that Avery provides permanent glue in a stick formula. It is much easier and less messy for my children. There is less instance of a finger getting glued together than with traditional permanent glue.

I do still recommend watching children with the glue. It is a great product to have on hand.

Scotch quick dry adhesive has been my favorite liquid adhesive since I started paper crafting almost 15 years ago. The glue itself is awesome, holding well almost instantly while still remaining repositionable for a short time.

One of the greatest advantages that it used to have, though, was the tip and lid. The tip used to be very fine, allowing for greater control when working on small, finely detailed objects as well as larger coverage.

I also loved that I could stand the bottle upside down, keeping the glue where I needed it to be in the bottle while working on a project. The new, larger opening tip, to be quite bluntly honest. sucks.

It has made it so that Scotch brand has almost no advantage now over its competitors, in my opinion. I was able to pull the old tip off my old bottle, and it fit in the new bottle just fine with no leaking, etc.

and it still worked perfectly. But, although the new bottle is still half full of glue, I am unable to use it. When I removed the tip, thinking that it was just clogged too much on the inside, I found that most of the glue in the bottle was in one big thick clump in the middle.

I can’t say for sure that replacing the tip was what caused this, since I always keep the lid on whenever I am not going to be using it in less than a minute, since it is extremely quick drying glue.

It may just have been a bad bottle of glue. However, since half of a $5. 50 bottle of glue is going to waste now, I don’t think I should recommend using your old tip on the new bottles. Please, Scotch – bring back the old tip and cap!!!!.

Please bring back the Quick-Dry Adhesive glue (not the Tacky glue). I use this Quick-Dry Adhesive glue on my quilling projects. This requires small strips of paper and the tacky glue is too stringy and not as good.

Other glue is too watery for the paper. I’ve been looking everywhere for any bottles of the (NON-Tacky) glue by Scotch and can’t find it. If you have any left I’d love to buy it. Please!.

This is hands down the best glue for paper crafters! I was disappointed though that the tip and lid were changed. The old tip had a fine tip and a lid that would hold the bottle upside down. The newer tip is one you cut off and is a much larger hole, so not conducive to detail work.

Also, it has a tiny cap and cannot be stood on the lid, keeping glue at the ready. I have read numerous paper crafting threads about this and I’m not sure how many users actually have contacted Scotch about reverting back to the old style lid for this product, however it is certainly something everyone seems to want.

PLEASE GO BACK TO THE OLD STYLE LID! Your loyal customers will thank you!.