On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:14:55 GMT, "toller" wrote:

I glued the top of a table to the base with gorilla glue. (I had screwed up
the design and couldn't get any mechanical fasteners in without being
conspicuous.

The glue foamed up, I cleaned it up and went to dinner. Three hours later
it was as strong as I hoped, but it had foamed a heck of a lot more than I
expected and some of the the foam had dripped down the work. For reasons I
won't go into now, I had already finished the parts before gluing so I have
no reasonable way to clean it up. I scrapped, sanded and refinished the
worst spots and my wife thinks it looks great. I however know that the
parts you can't see well are a mess, so I am going to rebuild the project.
(Actually I erred more than the gluing, or I would just refinish the whole
thing; the glue is just the final straw. Rebuilding it will give me the
chance to do it all correctly)

For future reference, how do you deal with the foam? Just plan and
scrapping and sanding it way, or can it somehow be contained. (Obviously
you don't use it on work that is already finished)

This will go down as my worst project to date. To bad cause the mahogany
was really pretty and now it is kindling.


I use Gorilla glue all the time. Mostly for it's long open time than
it's waterproofness. Yes, if it's over applied it'll foam. It cleans
up well from the surfaces you don't want it on with lacquer thinner
while it's still wet or tacky. Water doesn't work here as it does
with yellow glue. Use blue tape as others suggest.

I wouldn't rigidly attach a table top to the base. A solid wood top
has to expand/contract. Use Z clips or buttons instead.