The Natural Philosopher wrote:

No more nails is about as adhesive as damp sellotape IME.

I reckon you must have tried a crappy variety - there are many
of those.

Try EverBuild's solvent free stuff from Screwfix. It's water
based, and extremely adhesive. Very nice to use - much better
than solvent GripFill IMHO. And it's only 79p per tube!!

--
Grunff