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Default Glue for repairing an old chair

Andy Dingley wrote:
On 5 Mar 2006 05:30:47 -0800, "robgraham"
wrote:

I've got two small oak chairs to reglue.


Use Chair Doctor. If Chair Doctor won't do it, then you need some
repair to the woodwork (such as rebuilding a worn tenon), not just glue.

PU glue is no damn use for anything. Too crude for indoor work, too UV
sensitive for outdoor work.


There is another class of glues that will work. Epoxy and polyester
resins. If loaded with filler they are strong and gap filling. They can
be slightly inflexible though, which is why polyurethane is overall used
more.