Wally Goffeney wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:38:05 -0400, Nova
wrote:

toller wrote:

The Garrett -Wade catalog has a PVA glue that it claims:
1) It fills gaps with strength
2) Squeeze out does not penetrate the wood and easily chips off when
dried, no need for scrapping.

I wonder how it holds a joint together if it "does not penetrate the wood
and easily chips off when dried"?

When fresh glue is directly applied to a surface it has maximum
ability to 'wet out' the surface and achieve optimum adhesion.
Adhesion will normally be a combination of chemical and mechanical
properties.

Squeeze-out will never yield optimum wetting and therefore adhesion.
The fact that squeeze-out doesn't penetrate the wood and easily chips
off when dried doesn't really tell you much about the adhesives
properties where properly applied.
Wally Goffeney
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wgoffeney/index.htm

Are there any independent test results on this stuff?

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