For the first time in years I happened to be reading the blurb on the
back of my almost-used plastic bottle of Evostick wood glue and was
amazed to discover that it says apply the glue to ONE surface whereas
I have been applying it to both surfaces for yonks! I bought a new
bottle of glue at Wilkinson (I'm trying their own brand of PVA at half
the price of Evostick) and its instructions say the same: Apply to one
surface.

So what is wrong about brushing a thin layer onto BOTH surfaces? I am
intrigued!

MM

MM wrote:
For the first time in years I happened to be reading the blurb on the
back of my almost-used plastic bottle of Evostick wood glue and was
amazed to discover that it says apply the glue to ONE surface whereas
I have been applying it to both surfaces for yonks! I bought a new
bottle of glue at Wilkinson (I'm trying their own brand of PVA at half
the price of Evostick) and its instructions say the same: Apply to one
surface.

So what is wrong about brushing a thin layer onto BOTH surfaces? I am
intrigued!

MM

Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over the
place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that

Stuart Noble wrote:


Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over the
place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that

And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to me.

http://www.isaaclord.co.uk/productDetail.aspx?product=766&subCat=000

(But price has certainly gone up recently.)

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

Rod wrote:
Stuart Noble wrote:


Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over
the place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that

And it takes much longer to apply!

Which is an issue if assembling something complex and you need as much
"open time" as possible.


--
Cheers,

John.

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On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:


Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over the
place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that

And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to me.

Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I lived
in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.

MM

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0100, MM wrote:

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:


Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over the
place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that

And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to me.

Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I lived
in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.

I was also in HW (Sands) for 17 years before moving to Hampshire.


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.sandrila.co.uk/

Paul Herber wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0100, MM wrote:

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:

Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over the
place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that
And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to me.
Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I lived
in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.

I was also in HW (Sands) for 17 years before moving to Hampshire.


And I was in Hampshire before moving (indirectly) to High Wycombe.

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

Rod wrote:
Paul Herber wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0100, MM wrote:

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:

Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all
over the place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that
And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to
me.
Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I
lived in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.

I was also in HW (Sands) for 17 years before moving to Hampshire.


And I was in Hampshire before moving (indirectly) to High Wycombe.

Thankfully I've never lived in Hamp****e or High Wycombe :-)



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In message , Rod
writes
Paul Herber wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0100, MM wrote:

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:

Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all
over the place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that
And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to me.
Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I lived
in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.
I was also in HW (Sands) for 17 years before moving to Hampshire.

And I was in Hampshire before moving (indirectly) to High Wycombe.

'Kinell

I lived in Nuernberg for 5 years before moving to Milan - small world
indeed ...

Anyone else actually moved from one place to another at some time in
their lives ?

--
geoff

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
Rod wrote:
Paul Herber wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0100, MM wrote:

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:

Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all
over the place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that
And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to
me.
Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I
lived in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.

I was also in HW (Sands) for 17 years before moving to Hampshire.


And I was in Hampshire before moving (indirectly) to High Wycombe.

Thankfully I've never lived in Hamp****e or High Wycombe :-)

Its full of people who have moved there or away at some time in their
lives it would seem ... some of whom have never heard of Isaac Lord
before, despite them being regularly referred to in this ng

Inselaffen, eh ?



--
geoff

MM wrote:

For the first time in years I happened to be reading the blurb on the
back of my almost-used plastic bottle of Evostick wood glue and was
amazed to discover that it says apply the glue to ONE surface whereas
I have been applying it to both surfaces for yonks! I bought a new
bottle of glue at Wilkinson (I'm trying their own brand of PVA at half
the price of Evostick) and its instructions say the same: Apply to one
surface.

So what is wrong about brushing a thin layer onto BOTH surfaces? I am
intrigued!

MM

I did a furniture restoration course taught by an old school
craftsman. Half expected to be boiling up old hides and rotting animal
parts to be used as the wood glue. Nope, told PVA glue was the best
stuff ever invented for woodworking and that it had to be slathered in
vast quantities onto -both- parts to be joined. Assemble then wipe
off the gallons of overspill with a wet cloth. I appreciated the high
quality of his work, so listened up (as the americans and BBC
scriptwiters say).

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Rod
writes
Paul Herber wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0100, MM wrote:

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:52:35 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Stuart Noble wrote:

Only that invariably you apply too much and it squeezes out all over
the place. I don't think it's any more scientific than that
And it takes much longer to apply!

BTW - I use Isaac Lord's own brand and it seems absolutely fine to me.
Ruddy hell! Isaac Lord in Desborough Road? What a small world. I lived
in FlackWell Heath for 22 years before moving to Lincolnshire.
I was also in HW (Sands) for 17 years before moving to Hampshire.

And I was in Hampshire before moving (indirectly) to High Wycombe.

'Kinell

I lived in Nuernberg for 5 years before moving to Milan - small world
indeed ...

Anyone else actually moved from one place to another at some time in their
lives ?

--
geoff

Yes. The odd thing is that Liverpool is the only place I have ever lived
where my car has never been broken into.

I seem to remember the police calling round to find out why I had not called
them.

Adam

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 13:57:00 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:


MM wrote:

For the first time in years I happened to be reading the blurb on the
back of my almost-used plastic bottle of Evostick wood glue and was
amazed to discover that it says apply the glue to ONE surface whereas
I have been applying it to both surfaces for yonks! I bought a new
bottle of glue at Wilkinson (I'm trying their own brand of PVA at half
the price of Evostick) and its instructions say the same: Apply to one
surface.

So what is wrong about brushing a thin layer onto BOTH surfaces? I am
intrigued!

MM

I did a furniture restoration course taught by an old school
craftsman. Half expected to be boiling up old hides and rotting animal
parts to be used as the wood glue. Nope, told PVA glue was the best
stuff ever invented for woodworking and that it had to be slathered in
vast quantities onto -both- parts to be joined. Assemble then wipe
off the gallons of overspill with a wet cloth. I appreciated the high
quality of his work, so listened up (as the americans and BBC
scriptwiters say).

I can't remember why I started applying the glue to both surfaces.
Maybe it was a throwback to carpentry lessons at Swattenden, where we
DID use fish glue! I remember the little pot that was kept warm.

Anyway, I've never had any problem with PVA. It's marvellous stuff.

MM