Break It Down by the Piece

With ReLoad, the goal is to keep as many of these components in circulation as possible, so more of your spend goes into adhesive and less into plastic you throw away.

A Look at What You’re Not Throwing Away

Traditional two-part cartridges are a nest of plastic parts: nose/tip, cap, nose plug, two plungers and the cartridge body itself, plus the static mixer. Every time you crack a new cartridge, all of that is headed for the trash.

ReLoad flips that equation.

By putting adhesive into foils inside a reusable cartridge shell, you keep most of the plastic in circulation and only discard a thin layer of foil. The result is dramatically less plastic per bead, with the numbers to back it up.

Foil is the efficient way to store adhesives.

You’re packaging the chemistry in a thin, tight wrapper instead of a heavy plastic shell.

Traditional cartridges use multiple plastics.

Bodies, plungers, tips, caps and plugs often use different resins, making them extremely difficult to recycle as a mixed, contaminated stream.

Cartridge waste versus foil waste.

In practical terms, cartridge waste can be dozens of times higher than the foil you discard with ReLoad.

Redundant parts add up.

By reusing a substantial amount of the plastics, less waste goes in the garbage, saving your dollars while keeping plastics out of the landfill.

We’re honest about what we’re still working on too: tips and mixers are still disposable today. Part of the ReLoad roadmap is finding ways to reduce or re-engineer that remaining waste over time.

For Shops That
Already Think in Scale

If you’re already buying adhesives in drums, buckets or bulk, you know economies of scale matter. ReLoad applies that same mindset to packaging:

See ReLoad in Action
ReLoad is built for shops that hate single-use cartridges as much as we do but still need cartridge-style control and performance at the gun.
  • Less plastic per pound of adhesive.
  • Less space used for empties and waste.
  • Less hassle dealing with bins and dumpsters full of cartridges.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Sierra Solid Surface
This is what Blake from Sierra Solid Surface has to say about RELOAD for his seaming fabrication: “We have been trusting Big Dog’s SeamLock product for several years now and we decided to make the switch to RELOAD. With RELOAD jobs are done easier and waste is minimal rather than throwing away money. Secondly, it helps that I save a few more bucks per cartridge while others are throwing away tons and tons of plastic. Lastly, we have been trusting Big Dog with our fabrication for years now and they are the best in the market.”