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Question about glue

Postby blue66 » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:48 pm

I have put on my luan and glued it down to the spars, using gorilla glue. My question is after I remove the screws and fill the holes will the gorrilla glue be strong enought to hold the luan without the screws. I am particualary worried about the areas that I had to bend the luan. Any thoughts?
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Re: Question about glue

Postby VijayGupta » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:18 pm

Tough question to answer without knowing all the details. Gorilla Glue (the polyurethane version) is extremely poor when there is not a good fit between the adherands. In the below test, it was the only one that rated a FAIL.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/Material ... x?id=28853
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Re: Question about glue

Postby linuxmanxxx » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:38 pm

If you want to bond wood to wood never use gorilla glue use tightbond 3 preferably and at the least tightbond 2 which is wood glue and the wood will fail before the glue breaks apart.
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Re: Question about glue

Postby aggie79 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:55 am

linuxmanxxx wrote:If you want to bond wood to wood never use gorilla glue use tightbond 3 preferably and at the least tightbond 2 which is wood glue and the wood will fail before the glue breaks apart.



Actually while Titebond III provides a stronger wood to wood bond than Gorilla Glue, either has more than sufficient strength provided you have tight tolerances on the mating surfaces. If there is any gap or misalignment, a construction type polyurethane glue such as PL Premium is a better choice. (It has gap filling properties.)
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Re: Question about glue

Postby Fishingtomatoseed » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:54 am

+1 On the PL. IT works great.
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Re: Question about glue

Postby 48Rob » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:49 pm

+2 on the PL premium!

It is what is holding this together.

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Re: Question about glue

Postby Forrest747 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:21 pm

Ok stupid question.
If i were to test the stregth of the different types of glue from gg wood glue (full disclosure i use) the titebond or the amber gorilla glue. what would be the set up
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