On Feb 20, 12:03*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Feb 20, 12:38*pm, "SteveB" wrote:





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On Feb 19, 10:43 pm, "SteveB" wrote:

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Robert Allison wrote:
Robert11 wrote:
Hello,

Haven't used wood glues for quite some time, so am not familiar with
what is "state of the art' these days.

Doing a small home project with a few pieces of pine.
Indoor use.
Pieces to be glued are about 6 inches.

Important that they do not come apart.
Also, no screws or nail backup.

What's the "best" to use these days ?

I don't like using epoxies for projects like this.

I saw Gorilla Glue heavily advertised.

Is this what to get, or... ?

Pros and cons would be very appreciated for Gorilla Glue, and perhaps
some of the others would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

Not gorilla glue. It is good for some things, but not (despite the ads)
the strongest. Go with a yellow wood glue such as Titebond II. You can
even use it for outdoor projects.

I agree. Gorilla glue is a polyurethane and polyurethanes do not stand
up
as well as the old wood glue or epoxy.

And the damn stuff grows and expands so much it either blows out the
dowels,
or you end up with a lot of gloppy globs you have to trim off. I'm sure
it's good for something, just haven't found it yet. Spendy, too.

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I'll agree that epoxy is not the correct solution to every glue-up
situation. In fact, I've never used it for wood.

However, the very "gloppy globs" property that you mentioned is
exactly what gives of epoxy (with the correct weight of fillers) some
of its allure. It can be poured, molded, shaped and used to fill (even
bridge) gaps between dissimilar materials, something you can't do with
many other adhesives. It results in a substance that will be rock hard
when cured. Use it to lay up fiberglass and you can make an extremely
stiff assembly, shaped and sized to fit your application.

Until I worked on a project that required all of the above uses of
epoxy, I thought it was nothing more than an extremely strong glue.
Once I had the opportunity to see how versatile a product it really
was, I found more and more applications where it fit the bill
perfectly.

And I reply:

Yabbut, I think we're talking about two different things. *I agree with your
statements about epoxy. *I would be lost without my JB Weld and JB Fix..
However, I find Gorilla Glue about as unpredictable as that shoot in foam
stuff regarding unknown amounts of expansion and what it's going to look
like dry. *Epoxies are pretty much WYSIWYG.

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My error!

Your post came right after a couple of posts regarding epoxy and I
thought you were responding to one of those. *Now that I've re-read
your comments and applied them to Gorilla glue, I am in full
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I did find one good use for Gorilla Glue in repairing a tear in the
nylon fabric of a hunting boot.