On 1/11/2012 7:29 AM, Leon wrote:
....

Precisely concerning the so called "water proof" TBIII. It is good glue
but several years ago Wood magazine did a test of many types of glues.
TBII out performed TBIII in the water tests. I questioned Franklin about
that and they simply regurgitated the "special" conditions that let a
glue company get away with claiming water proof.
....

Well, they claim it passes the ANSI Standard and that Type II doesn't.
There are a defined set of procedures in the Standards. Elmer's makes
the same claim(s) on their new "MAX" wood glue.

If TBII "outperformed" TBIII on some other test protocol, that means
only that the particular test regimen was more suited to the former and
not the latter; not that there's anything wrong w/ the product or the
claim.

The Standards are what they are and were developed for specific reasons.
It's probably (undoubtedly?) true that the manufacturers have perverted
those reasons some for marketing purposes, granted.

--