Chopping Board

[greg.smith]

I'm currently making a chopping board from reclaimed red gum. Can anyone suggest the best type of adhesive to use???? I have tried liquid nails but it seems to dislike red gum. PVA has been used previously with mixed results.

Any advice would be welcomed.

[Mick4412]

Greg,
I have used PVA glue with success in the past, but have always "biscuit joined" the pieces. This would give the join extra strength.
I did notice on the PVA Glue directions "not recommended for maximum water resistance"
However, rarely is a chopping board submersed in water for extended periods of time.
Of course, biscuit joining may be impractical for the checkerboard type block, if this is what you are doing.

mick

[This message has been edited by Mick4412 (edited 01 January 2003).]

[Iain]

Cross linked PVA, aka Yellow Glue.
Good strength, also PVC glue which is waterproof (and expensive) foams on application.
Epoxy or contact Syntec (I think thats their name) for specialist glues (Carbatec or similar may also help).

[Proslayer]

Simple. Gorrilla Glue! It will work fantastic. I use it in lots of wood where standard PVA fails. Do they have Gorilla Glue in OZ?

[DarrylF]

Made a couple of chopping boards out of Jarrah about 6 months ago. We biscuit joined 30x40mm boards together and glued using a Selleys glue - can't remember the name right now, but picked it up from Bunnings, comes in a red box. It's a mix of a powder, a little water and a hardener. It was around $23 if I remember correctly and was enough to do 3 batches.

You need to work fast(ish) with it, but it sets well, sands well, seals any gaps, is impervious to water and is as solid as a rock.

[mkcl]

Just finished making a chopping board myself, and I used Titebond II (basically, yellow glue). Haven't seen that on sale in Sydney, but I picked it up at a Home Depot during a recent visit to the US. My board is an end grain one (i.e. end grain exposed), so the glue joints are along the grain--as such, they are plenty strong, even without biscuits.

No one else seems to have mentioned food safety. The reason I went for the Titebond was that it's FDA approved for this purpose, so I assume it's reasonably safe to eat any that might get into my food. I guess very little will ever chip off and end up being eaten, but I still prefer to use something intended for this purpose.

[Baysider]

I have used gorilla glue as I know it is an excellent adhesive. 100% waterproof but you have to careful using it as it foams up to about 4 times in volume. If you want to know more or where you can get it, drop me a line.

[Rocker]

Am I right in thinking that Selley's urethane bond glue, which is easily available in Bunnings, is basically the same as Gorilla glue?

[gatiep]

Could that two part glue with the powder be something like Cascamite........that was a popular glue in boatbuilding


Have fun.......keep turnin

[nine fingers]

I made some Redgum furniture last year.The glue I used was urea -formaldehyde, no problems.This is a two part glue that was suggested by CSIRO.

[coastie]

The glue in the red packet is Resorcinol,good for marine work so would be ideal for your purpose

[R. McCarthy]

Originally posted by mkcl
Just finished making a chopping board myself, and I used Titebond II (basically, yellow glue). Haven't seen that on sale in Sydney, but I picked it up at a Home Depot during a recent visit to the US. My board is an end grain one (i.e. end grain exposed), so the glue joints are along the grain--as such, they are plenty strong, even without biscuits.

No one else seems to have mentioned food safety. The reason I went for the Titebond was that it's FDA approved for this purpose, so I assume it's reasonably safe to eat any that might get into my food. I guess very little will ever chip off and end up being eaten, but I still prefer to use something intended for this purpose.

I'd certainly go along with the use of Titebond 2 - been using it for some time and it's never failed me. Readily obtainable from Carbatec in West Aust through the website (not at the Sydney branch - can't work that out !!).

[whiskers]

BEEN MAKING CHOPPING BOARDS FOR SOME TIME. BUSCUIT JOINTING AND USING BONCRETE AS GLUE. SEEMS TO WORK OK.