Just found a great bamboo ladder in a second-hand shop. It's perfect for
the platform bed I'm building. The only thing is that the bindings are
loose. I want to reinforce them with twine (I guess?), and then coat
them with something - what's best? A glue of some sort? Varnish?

Mark

Cap'n wrote:
Just found a great bamboo ladder in a second-hand shop. It's perfect for
the platform bed I'm building. The only thing is that the bindings are
loose. I want to reinforce them with twine (I guess?), and then coat
them with something - what's best? A glue of some sort? Varnish?

Not entirely clear what the scanrio is, but the white PVA wood glue
probably. It dries clear. Did a quick'n dirty but effective repair to
our fraying rush 'Ali Baba' laundry basket recently this way.

David

Lobster wrote:
Cap'n wrote:
Just found a great bamboo ladder in a second-hand shop. It's perfect
for the platform bed I'm building. The only thing is that the bindings
are loose. I want to reinforce them with twine (I guess?), and then
coat them with something - what's best? A glue of some sort? Varnish?

Not entirely clear what the scanrio is, but the white PVA wood glue
probably. It dries clear. Did a quick'n dirty but effective repair to
our fraying rush 'Ali Baba' laundry basket recently this way.

David

Sounds like the kinda thing... Just to be clear: The binding is (appears
to be?) thin strips of bamboo (or more likely plastic?!) holding the
crosspieces into the uprights (there are holes in the uprights the
crosspieces slot into. It all seems pretty sturdy except there is some
'play' where the bindings seem loose - I was just wanting to tighten 'em
up.