Household Repair and DIY Tips (and a Giveaway)

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Gorilla Glue Company. All opinions are 100% mine.

I love it when we have the chance to write about a product that we already use and love–that is definitely the case today! If you don’t already have Gorilla Super Glue Brush and Nozzle in your tool box or kitchen junk drawer, then do yourself a favor and put it on your shopping list. I’ve also used their epoxy glue for years and absolutely refuse to buy any other brand.

**Be sure to enter our giveaway for a $250 gift card at the bottom of this post!**

Just why do I love it so much? First off, it has a nozzle AND a brush in the same applicator, so you can choose which one works best for your project. So when I decide that my boring white lampshade needs a gold Greek key ribbon to jazz things up, I use the brush:

Household repair and DIY tips | 11 Magnolia Lane

And in less than five minutes, the lampshade is all dressed up.

DIY in an instant–perfect for those of us who need immediate gratification.

Also, it doesn’t solidify in between uses because it’s thicker than other super glues. That means the tube doesn’t get clogged and frustrate you when you need to pop the rhinestone back in your dancing shoes immediately.

By the way, I’m dancing because my kids went back to school last week.

Plus I’ve decided to be organized and repair things as they break this year instead of putting all the broken things in a pile to deal with later (we’ll see how long that lasts!).

Gorilla Super Glue is reinforced with rubber, so it’s going to absorb bangs, bumps, and drops–which is a good thing when you have two butterfingers teenagers in the house! Look closely at the cracks on the back of this sweet old platter and you can see where I glued it back together (it bit the dust one day while I was vacuuming).

Gorilla Super Glue dries in seconds and doesn’t require you to clamp the pieces you’re bonding–this is huge when you’re putting a bunch of broken puzzle pieces of ceramic back together. It also means you’re less likely to glue your fingers together, which is always a good thing. 🙂

Last week, I even used it to perform an emergency repair on my daughter’s glasses. I realized that we no longer had a free replacement guarantee on her frames, and of course her brand-new frames cracked when she got nailed by a soccer ball during recess. Tell me if you can see the repair, because I sure can’t, and I figure I just saved myself at least $150 because I didn’t have to buy a replacement pair.

Gorilla Super Glue bonds plastic, wood, metal, ceramic, rubber, leather, paper and more. Like I said, this is the one glue that you must have in your house (find it at hardware and home center stores nationwide). I’ve even repaired a broken fingernail with it, but that’s a story for another day…

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