Thread: Parfix PVA Wood Glue

No problems here. I bought a litre bottle a few weeks ago and got another 4 litres today ($10 a litre or $20 for 4 litres).

Thanks for that. I'd never heard of Parfix before. Bunnings have it for $17 / for 4litres compared to $52 for Selly's Aquahere. So I brought 4 x 4litre bottles of it. Since I posted I've glued up with. I also googled and discovered its made by Dulux so became a bit more confident with it.

Both Parfix and Selleys are made by Dulux so probably, like margarines, it comes from the same factory and the only difference is the label and the price.

Just bring back an old thread.

Anyone still using this? Would this be the equivalent of Titebond 1?

Any cheaper brands for a titebond 2 equivalent?

I use it. I’ve been using it since about 2013 or 2014. Zero problems. I expect it’s the same as Shelley’s, just a different label and very different price structure.

Yep, performs like titebond 1.

Parfix is a plain label product intended for trade.
Selleys is a retail product intended for suckers who are happy to pay too much.

You will note that Selleys is always in high priority shelving positions ( thst the supplier pays for) and is in brighter more expensive packaging and smaller retail packs.
Parfix on the other hand is usually on the bottom shelf and in trade quantities.

What is in the bottle is only a very small amount of the cost you pay.

cheers

Ive been using parfix. Some thoughts - 1-2 hour clamp time sucks and for that alone I will probably stop using it.

I also don't think its that strong. I cut off a bit of excess and it dropped onto concrete, some of the joints broke. Only other glue I've used is TAC adhesives glue, I think 302 which I thought was really good

It depends on what you are expecting and what sort of PVA glue you think you are using.

The glue in question will be plain ordinary PVA glue, not one of the more advanced formulations.

1 to 2 hours clamp time is normal for standard PVA of any brand.

when you start buying Glue in places other than retail hardware stores you realise what is out there.

One manufacturer I used to buy from had about 8 PVA related formulations. ... that includes about 5 normal ish white PVA products, several mid range yellow glues and a hand full of funky cross linking products.

cheers

what manufacturer was that?

I use the Parfix epoxy and had no problems. For PVA I use Titebond 2, I think it is a ceoss linking glue which I believe yields better resultd.

I use the Parfix epoxy and had no problems. For PVA I use Titebond 2, I think it is a ceoss linking glue which I believe yields better results.

Thought to put my 2 cents in and resurrect this thread.

Bought a 4L tub thinking it would be good - https://www.bunnings.com.au/parfix-4...-glue_p1210353

Dreadful. Absolutely dreadful.

Compared to the Titebond range this stuff is junk. Worse than junk, for at least with junk one knows they are being ripped off.

Glueup times are hours. Does not solidify on unclamped surfaces. Does not penetrate. Dries brittle. Joints have little strength (I could break them with my HANDS!).

This stuff might be useful for school projects of craft - but for WOOD its a crime.

Out of 10? I give it a 37 for disappointment.

When I used to buy glue in larger quantities (200L drums) I had a steady stream of reps offering me glue at progressivly cheaper prices.

I fronted my regular supplier and he said "how much do you want to pay".

I said how can you offer such a cheap glue and he said "it just depends on how much flour we have to add to make it look OK".

"If you smell the glue and it smells of green apples then it's PVA if it doesn't smell of apples then it's probably flour."

At the time the word was that a major furniture manufacturer had gone down the cheap glue path and their products were failing while still on the showroom floor.

Needless to say I kept sniffing my glue deliveries and never had any failures.

Bohdan, this sound like the medieval equivalent of "sawdust in bread"....

But given how bad this Parfix is I'm not even sure I want to GIVE it away.

It wouldn't be moral!