Resin used in plastics and adhesives (5)

I believe the answer is:

epoxy

(Other definitions for epoxy that I've seen before include "Synthetic adhesive, paint etc." , "Type of adhesive" , "Synthetic resin used as glue" , "Type of glue" , "Hard-setting resin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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