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Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/8/2012, 2:11 am
In Response To: Re: Material: titebond or titebond ll (Mike Bielski)

: 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

Really dark wood decks left in the sun can get pretty hot, hot enough to cause problems with the glue softening.

Bill H.

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