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If you’ve set foot in Bunnings lately (which, let’s be honest, is like a second home for most Aussie blokes), you’ve seen it: Gorilla Glue. Big, bold, and built to fix anything. For decades, Araldite was the undisputed king of adhesives—your dad swore by it. But then along came Gorilla Glue, like the cheeky upstart in a tradie singlet, making big promises and sticking to them—literally.

Here’s how it all started: back in 1994, an American woodworker named Mark Singer was wandering through Indonesia when he stumbled upon a Danish-made polyurethane glue being used to craft teak furniture, a notoriously tricky wood to bond.

Being an avid woodworker and seeing its potential, Singer hustled back to the States, snapped up the North American rights, and created the now-iconic Gorilla Glue brand. Originally sold to woodworkers, it didn’t take long before it hit the shelves for the general public, earning its stripes as the go-to for all things fixable. The business later got snapped up by Lutz Tool Company, which went all in and rebranded itself as The Gorilla Glue Company—because when you’ve got a product this strong, you stick with what works.

Fast forward a couple of decades, and Gorilla Glue is taking over Aussie toolboxes like a rogue tradesman at a Bunnings sausage sizzle. Its versatility is what makes it a legend—wood, metal, ceramics, stone, even that dodgy gym bag handle—it bonds it all. Waterproof? Tick. Heat resistant? Tick. Tough as a tradie on his third coffee? Tick, tick, tick.

So, has Gorilla Glue dethroned Araldite? Maybe. Maybe not. But one thing’s for sure: this sticky rebel isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Now the only question is—what are you fixing next?

Gorilla Glue is available from:

• Supercheap Auto
• Spotlight
• Bunnings Warehouse
• Amazon