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Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 3/7/2012, 8:23 pm
In Response To: Material: titebond or titebond ll (greg root)

: Getting ready to get back to building after a really long
: layoff;gotta get more glue, and was wondering which titebond is
: best as far as heat resistance is concerned.-Greg

Resistance is futile.

It will be encapsulated in epoxy, so it doesn't matter much. It's all strong enough. Use whatever is easier for you. I used Lee Valley 2002 GF because I'm comfortable with the open time and I've used it a lot. I also had most of a gallon sitting on the shelf. It's got 15-20 mins. open time, which I found useful using b+c because It sometimes took some effort to get even contact/squeezeout to be sure I had a solid joint. It says clamp time is around 90 minutes, and I think that's about accurate. I didn't really push it. I was going stapleless and didn't want to have any of the joints spring open because the glue wasn't completely cured.

As far as heat resistance- what are you planning to do with it where heat would be an issue?

m

Messages In This Thread

Material: titebond or titebond ll
greg root -- 3/7/2012, 10:08 am
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Jim Looker -- 3/7/2012, 12:30 pm
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Kevin Greer -- 3/7/2012, 3:43 pm
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
ancient kayaker -- 3/7/2012, 10:07 pm
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Mike Bielski -- 3/7/2012, 8:23 pm
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2012, 2:11 am
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Mike Bielski -- 3/8/2012, 10:45 am
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Will N 2 go -- 3/8/2012, 10:28 pm
Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
Mike Bielski -- 3/9/2012, 1:06 am