What glue to use with plywood?

[unknown poster]

I got a great response to my blondwood question, after reading the answers, doing some research, and going back to Lowes, I think birch plywood may actually work better for me and it's not too much more money.

So now that I'm settled on plywood I need to figure out how to get it together. The project mushroomed a bit and I'll need to glue on some trim and possibly glue on some glue blocks to hold some pieces of plywood together. I'll be supplementing the glue with screws on the glue blocks and brads on the trim.

So what glue do I use for this? Just regular yellow wood glue, any particular brands to look for/stay away from?

[unknown poster]

I intend to stain this wood, if that affects my glue options.

[cabinetman]

Just about any white (like Elmers) or yellow wood glue will work. I prefer Titebond II for interior use, and TB III for exterior use.

[RodKirby]

...I prefer Titebond II for interior use, and TB III for exterior use.

....Ditto!

[LCHIEN]

any white or yellow wood glue or one of the premium ones like titebond x
will work. You just can't get a good glue bond to the edges, the best glue bonds are long-grain to long grain and pretty much the edge of all plywood is like end grain which gives the worst glue bonds.

[cabinetman]

any white or yellow wood glue or one of the premium ones like titebond x
will work. You just can't get a good glue bond to the edges, the best glue bonds are long-grain to long grain and pretty much the edge of all plywood is like end grain which gives the worst glue bonds.

We don't want to disillusion him. The edge is similar to end grain. If you have sufficient glue, clamped up and/or fastened, you can get an excellent bond. Plain butt joints would be the weakest of joinery. Joints that have more than one glue surface, such as dadoes, rabbets, etc, produce even better bonds than just a butt joint. I dread the thought of gettin' it apart once cured.

[LCHIEN]

We don't want to disillusion him. The edge is similar to end grain. If you have sufficient glue, clamped up and/or fastened, you can get an excellent bond. Plain butt joints would be the weakest of joinery. Joints that have more than one glue surface, such as dadoes, rabbets, etc, produce even better bonds than just a butt joint. I dread the thought of gettin' it apart once cured.

I guess i didn't complete the thoughts.

Accordingly, pure butt joints would be the worst. Rabetted and dadoed joints where part of the glued surfaces includes some glue on the veneer faces would be much better.

[Alex Franke]

....Ditto!

... Ditto, ditto! Just as cabinetman says, Titebond is all you need.