Thread: What glue for vanity bench top??? Please

Epoxy.

without a doubt one of the marine epoxies like west system or boat coat thickened appropriately would be the best and could be used very effectively as a sealer with some sort of UV resistant varnish over..like one of the merine varnishes.

But there are any number of other glues that would do the job, polly U would be reasonable, resorcinol would be excelent, even some of the higher order PVAs would do the job.

But if it was me...the marine epoxy.

cheers

Hi Maxdangerous,

I'd go for a two part epoxy for this sort of job. Techniglue brand is available from your local fibre glass materials supply shop.It's a full blooded marine glue. I use that for practically all my glueing not the least reason for which is that I work alone and Techniglue gives me a really long open time to get my cabinets together.Apply thinly to both mating surfaces for best results and don't work at less that 15 oC

For finishing the top I'd go for a two pack varnish like Wattle 7008. It's a high shine product but is just about everlasting for that application of yours. There's a real trick to applying 7008 by brush. The way to go is to lay it on evenly and quickly and then LEAVE IT ALONE !!!!. It's got fantastic self leveling properties but it does not respond at all well to brushing and brushing like you can do with paint. Brush a lot and you will get lots of irremovable brush marks. Two coats is sufficient, the first usually comes up a bit ordinary but the second makes the job look great. I don't bother trying to clean the brush it costs more in solvent than a medium price brush is worth.


Cheers Old Pete

Um....it realy depends on what grade you are talking about..either way techniglue products are prefilled epoxies, and they do not have the versatility or flexibilty of the unfilled resin only, marine epoxies like west system, boat coat and system 3.

the unfilled epoxies can be used as glues, fillers or finishes depending on what you add to them.

ATL compostes are the local licencees for west system and they also manufacture techniglue.

techniglue would be fine as a glue any way.

both west system and techniglue can be had from carbatec and others.

The wattly 7008 can be a little inconvienient for the retail customer to buy especially in small quantities.

cheers

Thanks for the feedback guys.
Much appreciated

Selleys 308 would be an option. Much easier to clean up than epoxy. Has a better grab so pieces dont slide about while clamping.