Stephen Howard wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:43:27 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Use cascamite. It IS fairly wet proof. Not totally though.

I think the standard aircraft glue was Aerolite 306..a urea formaldehyde
type glue IIRC.

You painted one bit of wood with formic acid and the other with
something made out of a powder paste. Set rock hard.

Theser glues were almost totally replaced by PVA and epoxy/synthetic
resins repsectively..for non waterproof/waterproof applications.

Now I am prepared to admit that the acoustic properties of modern glues
may be subtly different, but as far as structural properties go, the old
'natural' glues were more or less *rubbish*.

He wanted to keep it 'authentic' though.
If that's not an issue then bog-standard Araldite is the stuff to go
for in this instance.


Hmm. I haven't used bog standard araldite for years. Never got a good
join without using an oven to set it.

Authentic glues would have been calves foot probably..maybe shellac and
alcohol..'knotting' or 'stopper' would be the easiest way to get that.

Thats not even hugely waterproof either..traditional waterproofing was
wax or tar, neither of which are supremely good adhesives.





Regards,