3D Gloop! is finally leaving dad’s garage and getting its own pad – or rather, a 10,000 square foot warehouse with space for a new lab and storefront. After nearly seven years in business, Andrew Mayhall and Andrew Martinussen have outgrown Mayhall’s garage (and living room, crawl space, storage locker, and a few trailers). They are moving their “science sauce” production to its own facility.
3D Gloop is a solvent-based adhesive that chemically welds together plastics like PLA, PETG, and ABS/ASA. The exceptionally strong bond is arguably the strongest you can create for 3D printed parts.
The pair began 3D Gloop! as a start-up in 2018 and donned lab coats to promote their “ludicrously” strong plastics adhesive at 3D printing festivals across the country. You may have seen them with Jephf, an automotive welding robot turned tug-of-rope warrior, at Open Sauce last year. Visitors were challenged to play tug of war with a rope held together by 3D printed parts and Gloop.
To cover the additional costs, they offer Gloop fans a chance to purchase a chunk of their literal foundation to become “Foundational Supporters”. Supporters will have their name permanently embedded into the showroom’s floor with Gloop’s iconic purple splatters made of copper, aluminum, and dyed concrete.
