Eastie
7th October 2003, 03:41 PM
A seemingly endless topic this one, but glues are the staple of most woodworking.
Everyone has their own likes/dislikes, some people rave about one particular type for everything whilst others explore the range within a certain brand or perhaps apply some research and use specific glues for specific applications. The restorers are probably the only ones who truly know that the modern glue age hasn’t yet helped them greatly and hide glue still prevails for good reasons.
From what I can find there is a relatively empty Pandora’s box out there in relation to comparative testing of glues, so what is it that makes you choose one glue over another?
One I recall claims to be used by NASA. Although this claim doesn’t relate to timber (they use it as a space suit thread sealer! not that that specific feature has saved any astronauts lately) it clearly states the claim on the marketing info.
The likes of gorilla glue also come to mind as one that has been heavily marketed and claims to be the 'worlds toughest'. However when gluing brush box, merbau or other timbers that are not so glue friendly is it still the ‘worlds toughest’? What are the 'tough' characteristics anyhow?
It seems that most of us don't show any great interest in knowing the differences between aliphatic resins, TPVA’s, crosslinking polyaliphatic emulsions, protein glues, polyurethanes, general PVA’s, two packs versus single pack, etc or what applications they are best suited to - I'm no exception but I'd like to change that.
Hopefully the legal monkeys have flown back to their castles and will leave us munchkins alone for a while to discuss such touchy issues
Everyone has their own likes/dislikes, some people rave about one particular type for everything whilst others explore the range within a certain brand or perhaps apply some research and use specific glues for specific applications. The restorers are probably the only ones who truly know that the modern glue age hasn’t yet helped them greatly and hide glue still prevails for good reasons.
From what I can find there is a relatively empty Pandora’s box out there in relation to comparative testing of glues, so what is it that makes you choose one glue over another?
One I recall claims to be used by NASA. Although this claim doesn’t relate to timber (they use it as a space suit thread sealer! not that that specific feature has saved any astronauts lately) it clearly states the claim on the marketing info.
The likes of gorilla glue also come to mind as one that has been heavily marketed and claims to be the 'worlds toughest'. However when gluing brush box, merbau or other timbers that are not so glue friendly is it still the ‘worlds toughest’? What are the 'tough' characteristics anyhow?
It seems that most of us don't show any great interest in knowing the differences between aliphatic resins, TPVA’s, crosslinking polyaliphatic emulsions, protein glues, polyurethanes, general PVA’s, two packs versus single pack, etc or what applications they are best suited to - I'm no exception but I'd like to change that.
Hopefully the legal monkeys have flown back to their castles and will leave us munchkins alone for a while to discuss such touchy issues