Re: Update on gluing wood.


"-MIKE-" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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WW wrote:
As I mentioned in earlier post about moistening wood before gluing. All
of you were correct in replies. I took the items to a friend to
thickness sand. He dropped one and it fell apart at the glue joints. So
much for my bright idea. I learn a lot from this group, thanks. Warren



I'm not sure where you came up with the idea in the first place. Maybe
it was planted in your head by hearing a correct idea and it got garbled
up in the memory banks, as often happens to me.

In any case, I could see someone offering the advise to wet the gluing
surfaces of the wood, then "let dry" before applying glue. This would
act to open up the pores a bit and possibly help the wood soak up the
glue.

I'm not saying it's a correct theory or practice... just saying I could
believe someone might offer that advice.


Yeah the opening the pores up thing IMHO does not hold water either. You
get a better bond on wood that is shiney smooth and no open grain. Take
maple for example. I don't believe that the typical wood glue needs a
"tooth" to bond well. Typically the more glue there is in a joint, in
excess, the more likely it is to fail. There is really no such thing as
glue starvation in a joint unless there is not enough glue to cover the
surfaves in the first place. Squeezing the heck out of a joint with clamps
is not a problem providing there is glue on all surfaces of the joint, and
those surfaces touch each outher, regardless of how thin the lglue line is.


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