# 2.2.5.2 Cosmetic Appearance

> From: LOCTITE®X Digital Manual for Bonding (https://www.loctitex.com/en/manuals/bonding/2.2.5.2-cosmetic-appearance/)

##### 2.2.5.2 Cosmetic Appearance

The aesthetics of a product can be critical to ensuring that end users perceive the quality of a product to be high, so a designer or manufacturer needs to use a joining method that can provide the desired aesthetics. Figures 57 and 58 show some examples.

_Figure 57 Aesthetics of a riveted assembly are remarkably different from a bonded assembly_

![Figure 57 Aesthetics of a riveted assembly are remarkably different from a bonded assembly](/en/manuals/bonding/assets/img/aesthetic-rivet-mechanical-assembly-truck.jpg)

![Figure 57 Aesthetics of a riveted assembly are remarkably different from a bonded assembly](/en/manuals/bonding/assets/img/aesthetic-bond-adhesive-assembly-truck.jpg)