[JWBH]

i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA ?

thanks for any advice.

[Wilson]

Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL
"JWBH" wrote in message
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i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some
PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA
?

thanks for any advice.

[JWBH]

"Wilson" wrote in message
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Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL
"JWBH" wrote in message
...
i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed
with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips
are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some
PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the
crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA
?
thanks for any advice.

Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL

thanks, the question was also about PVA

[Jim Behning]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:39:24 GMT, "JWBH"
wrote:


"Wilson" wrote in message
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Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL
"JWBH" wrote in message
...
i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed
with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips
are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some
PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the
crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA
?
thanks for any advice.

Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL

thanks, the question was also about PVA





I did a google search on pva and found some opinions.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

"JWBH" wrote in message
since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some
PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA
?

The PVA will work, but it is not a good filler material. You may have to do
a few applications and some will get smeared on the to leaving a mess too.
In any case, it is not harmful or toxic.

[Tyke]

I know you asked about re-gluing, but I have to second the suggestion to rip
and reglue. Filling a crack does not feel good to me. If the wood is
moving, then the crack may reopen. Strongest method to hold things in place
is rip and re-glue.

I had a cutting board which developed cracks and like JWBH suggested, I
ripped and reglued. A few years later the board still looks good as new for
the glue joints. Lots of knife marks from repeated use.

Dave Paine.

"JWBH" wrote in message
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"Wilson" wrote in message
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Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL
"JWBH" wrote in message
...
i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed
with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips
are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some
PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the
crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like
PVA ?
thanks for any advice.

Rip it at the crack and reglue.
WL

thanks, the question was also about PVA

[Brian Henderson]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:13:37 GMT, "JWBH"
wrote:

i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA ?

The best idea is not to fill the crack, but to get rid of it entirely.
I had a built-in cutting board in the kitchen that was doing the same
thing. Last summer, I removed it, cut the separating sections apart
on the tablesaw, then planed everything to a uniform and flat
thickness and reglued it together. You can't see where the cracks
ever were, it's perfectly flat and square and good for another couple
decades of use.