On several dozen pallets I've used the plain contact cement from Lowes and I've never had a pallet go bad with that cement. I've got a few pallets on the auto that are going on 3 years with that stuff. Maybe we don't get our pallets as hot as some shops but it's worked great for us. I tried to buy some of that 3M stuff and I think shipping it was pricey for some reason so I tried the Lowes brand and have never bothered with the expensive stuff. Do what you want but know the stuff from Lowes does work great if you use it right.