Liquid Nails

What Liquid Nails does

Liquid Nails is a construction adhesives and sealants brand that sells formulated bonding products to professional builders, contractors, and DIY homeowners. Its portfolio is organized into four product lines — Multi-Purpose Adhesives, Project Specific Adhesives, Small Package Adhesives, and Caulks & Sealants — covering general bonding across materials, specialized application-specific formulations, convenient sizes for small jobs and repairs, and waterproofing/sealing needs. The underlying technology is chemical formulation-based: domain-specialized adhesive compounds engineered for strong, durable bonds across a range of substrates, including difficult vertical applications where mechanical fasteners are not easily used. The brand positions its products alongside — and as complements to — traditional fasteners like nails and screws.

Liquid Nails distributes primarily through U.S. retail channels, including major hardware stores, building centers, lumber yards, home centers, and mass merchants, with additional presence in select international markets. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the brand operates as a wholesale/retail consumer products business rather than a direct-to-customer model. Marketing is delivered through the PPG Paints digital ecosystem, comprising product pages, how-to articles, store locator tools, warranty information, and product datasheets. The brand is currently owned by The Pittsburgh Paints Company (a PPG-affiliated entity), having previously been held by a private equity sponsor.

The most material recent event is the December 2025 announcement by Henkel to acquire Liquid Nails from its PE owner for $725 million, which the FTC subsequently filed suit to block on competition grounds. This regulatory challenge creates uncertainty around future ownership and strategic direction, but the underlying business — a recognized category leader in construction adhesives with broad retail distribution — continues to operate.

Name

Liquid Nails

Legal name

The Pittsburgh Paints Company

Website

https://liquidnails.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Liquid Nails is a construction adhesives and sealants brand serving professional builders, contractors, and DIY homeowners through major U.S. hardware stores, building centers, lumber yards, home centers, and mass merchants, with select international presence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cranberry Twp

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Liquid Nails manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of construction adhesives and sealants organized into four product categories: Multi-Purpose Adhesives for strong, durable bonds across a wide range of materials; Project Specific Adhesives formulated for specialized construction applications; Small Package Adhesives for smaller projects, repairs, and on-the-go use; and Caulks & Sealants for waterproofing and sealing. The products are sold through major hardware stores, building centers, lumber yards, home centers, and mass merchants across the United States and select international markets.

Product overview

Liquid Nails is a comprehensive brand of construction adhesives and sealants organized into four product lines: Multi-Purpose Adhesives for general bonding across materials, Project Specific Adhesives for specialized applications, Small Package Adhesives for convenient repairs and smaller projects, and Caulks & Sealants for waterproofing and sealing needs. The products are available at major hardware stores, building centers, lumber yards, home centers, and mass merchants throughout the United States and select international markets. The brand markets to both professional contractors and DIY homeowners with the tagline 'Done Once. Done Right.'

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Multi-Purpose Adhesives: Strong and durable bonds across a wide range of materials and applications
• Project Specific Adhesive
• Small Package Adhesives
• Caulks & Sealants

Products and services

• Multi-Purpose Adhesives Construction adhesives designed to provide strong and durable bonds across a wide range of materials and applications for various construction projects. Targeted at both professional builders and DIY homeowners.
• Project Specific Adhesives Specifically formulated construction adhesives designed for particular project requirements, addressing specialized bonding needs for targeted applications such as vertical installations and deck building.
• Small Package Adhesives Conveniently sized construction adhesives suitable for smaller projects, repairs, and on-the-go applications, offering flexibility, efficiency, and ease of use.
• Caulks & Sealants Assortment of caulk and sealant products formulated for sealing and waterproofing applications across almost any construction project.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Henkel (Loctite, OSI, Pattex): Henkel's adhesives technologies business includes Loctite, OSI, and Pattex — all directly overlapping construction-adhesive and sealant SKUs sold through the same hardware and home-center channels as Liquid Nails. Henkel is also the bidder in the pending $725M acquisition.
• DAP Products: DAP is a leading U.S. brand of caulks, sealants, and construction adhesives sold through hardware stores, home centers, and lumber yards — directly mirroring Liquid Nails' channel and product architecture (especially Caulks & Sealants and Project Specific lines).
• Franklin International (Titebond): Titebond is a long-established U.S. construction- and wood-adhesive brand with overlapping pro/contractor and DIY positioning, distributed across the same hardware, building-center, and lumber-yard channels as Liquid Nails.
• Gorilla Glue Company: Gorilla Glue competes head-on with Liquid Nails in mass-market and home-center channels with super-strength adhesives, construction adhesives, and sealants, and benefits from an aggressive innovation and brand-building cadence.

Broad incumbents

• Bostik (Arkema): Bostik, Arkema's adhesives subsidiary, fields a broad construction-adhesive and sealant portfolio globally and competes with Liquid Nails in professional construction and DIY channels, though as part of a much larger specialty-chemicals portfolio.
• Sika AG: Sika is a global construction-chemicals leader with a substantial sealants and bonding portfolio targeting contractors and building-product OEMs — adjacent rather than head-to-head with Liquid Nails in retail, but a clear comparison point for category economics.
• 3M (Industrial Adhesives & Tapes): 3M's Industrial Adhesives & Tapes division sells competing bonding and sealing solutions to professional and industrial buyers, overlapping with Liquid Nails in contractor channels as part of a much broader industrial portfolio.
• H.B. Fuller: H.B. Fuller is a global industrial adhesives manufacturer whose construction-adhesives offerings overlap with Liquid Nails at the contractor/building-center level, even though the bulk of its business is industrial/packaging adhesives.
• ITW (Illinois Tool Works): ITW's Construction Products segment includes brands selling construction adhesives and sealants (e.g., across its specialty chemical-product businesses), making it a broad incumbent peer with overlapping retail and pro distribution.

Emerging players

• Momentive Performance Materials: Momentive supplies silicone and specialty sealants used in construction and building applications, providing technology and chemistry overlap with Liquid Nails' caulks & sealants line, although its channel focus is more industrial than retail DIY.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LiquidNailsPro
• Facebookfacebook.com/LiquidNailsAdhesives
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ici-canada-inc-

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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