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title: Custom Adhesive Formulation & Lab Testing | LD Davis
description: At LD Davis, we pride ourselves on thinking outside the box and our ability to customize our existing animal glue formulas to meet our clients’ needs. 
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# [Custom Adhesive Formulation & Lab Testing | LD Davis](https://blog.lddavis.com/custom-adhesives)

 Written by [LD Davis Team](https://blog.lddavis.com/author/ld-davis-team) | Dec 29, 2011, 3:30:04 PM

At [LD Davis](https://www.lddavis.com/about-us/), we pride ourselves on thinking outside the box and our ability to customize our existing[animal glue](https://www.lddavis.com/products/gelatin-adhesives/) formulas to meet our clients’ needs.  We are also never afraid to create a new glue formula or a new custom adhesive for a new or difficult application.

The glues we manufacture, animal glue and [liquid glue](https://www.lddavis.com/products/liquid-glue/), are easily customizable in a multitude of ways.  While we already have over 100 different kinds of these glues, we are always happy to make changes to create a custom adhesive for our clients.

### The properties we can change in animal and liquid glue to create a custom adhesive are as follows:

- Viscosity
- Open time
- Tack level
- Color
- UV Indicator
- Addition of adhesion promoter
- pH

## Customer Service with Custom Adhesives

The ability to create custom adhesives from our animal glue and liquid glue enables us to serve our customers at the highest level.  Our full-service [adhesive lab](https://www.lddavis.com/lab-capabilities/) is always ready for a new project and the opportunity to customize a current adhesive product or formulate a new one for our customers’ needs.

## LD Davis Adhesive is the Standard

Through 85 years of animal glue manufacturing, LD Davis adhesives have become a staple in the [bookbinding](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/book-binding/), box-making, [packaging](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/sustainable-packaging/), and graphic arts industries. 

Many of our animal glue and liquid glue products are tried-and-true in these industries and our experienced technical staff can usually provide a solution on the spot for most difficulties that these clients may encounter.  If all running parameters are correct, such as viscosity, temperature and solids, our lab may then ask a client to send some samples of adhesives and substrates so we can perform adhesion testing. 

This enables us to solve difficulties either by new use instructions, a different LD Davis product, or a completely new, custom adhesive formulated specially for the customer.

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