On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:13:06 AM UTC-5, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:19:15 PM UTC-7, Michael wrote:

I made some test finger joints out of cedar and glued them last night. I hand-planed the joint today to see how it looked and it failed! The temps went to 45 last night. The glue is relatively new. I didn't clamp it but you had to wriggle in the piece because the joint was fairly tight. I've rarely worked with cedar. Is it resistant to yellow wood glue?







Mike



Temp is one issue. Cedar should be fine with yellow glue as long as it is kiln or air dried to lumber status. However, yellow glue depends on pressure as part of the curing process. Otherwise there is no assurance you get much bond. Sounds like no pressure in this situation. I would use something like system 3 T-88 epoxy. No pressure required per-se.

Thanks. I'm going to make another joint, bring it in the house, and clamp up a little bit. I do not enjoy working with gorilla glue.