Speaking Of Gule-ups

[Bruce Cohen]

I wonder how many of you have been using CA glue more than 10% of the time on wood to wood projects.

Lately, I find myself gravitating towards the CA bottle more and more. I know it will never replace yellow glue, but I've been relying on it more frequently, especially on checks in the middle of a board. maybe I'm using more tropicals that tend to check, or I'm just picking out the bad stuff.

I find it seems towork wonders. How many of you have started to move to it?

Bruce

[Tom Slick]

I've been using 2P-10 and activator on glue-ups for miter joints. no clamping and it is ready instantly. I certainly wouldn't use it on anything that sees any abuse or wear.

[Ed62]

Never used it for a glue up.

Ed

[cabinetman]

Bruce - shame on you. I'm not that impatient. CA glue is not the glue to use if I'm looking for wood to wood. I think the last time I used it was to insert a very small chip of Formica® laminate.
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[Uncle Cracker]

I use it primarily for laminating pen blanks and finishing pens. Activator works great if the CA doesn't set up before it hits the activator... On many woods or other surfaces, that's what happens, because the surface or something on it acts as an activator. For wood2wood I usually stick to (terrible pun ) Titebond II or III, or poly (I like Loctite Sumo better than the Gorilla).

[drumpriest]

Pens, that's about it. Though I was tempted to use it to glue the returns onto my baseboard, as that's a tricky thing to glue and clamp into place. Brads tend to blow them apart.

[rcp612]

I've been wondering the same thing. Seems as though Niki uses CA quite a lot on his jigs but, I've never been able to tell if it's only an instant hold until some other fastener is applied.

[crokett]

Though I was tempted to use it to glue the returns onto my baseboard, as that's a tricky thing to glue and clamp into place. Brads tend to blow them apart.

Use painter's tape for a clamp. The returns aren't structural so you only need to hold them in place till the adhesive sets.

[mschrank]

I've almost used up my first bottle of 2P-10. Great stuff for things like gluing mitered returns, trim, splintered edges, checks.

I find I use it whenever I have something that would be hard to clamp. Or if I need a quick initial bond. If you use the activator spray, it clamps up right quick (too quick sometimes )

I've been really impressed with its hold. I glued up a miter of heavy maple crown molding...within 1 minute I was able to hold the assembly by one leg. Pretty amazing when you figure that it's almost an end grain to end grain joint!

I haven't used it in place of yellow glue on traditional joinery, simply because of it's relative expense and I haven't been in that much of a hurry.

[Uncle Cracker]

One small monkey-wrench in the works... CA glue off-gasses something fierce, and many people get messed up by it. Using it in larger quantities for glue-ups might make it worse, even. The gas will also discolor finished metal hardware. It also gets hot when it cures, so quantity is again relevant. Be careful...

[poolhound]

I have not used CA with wood before. What applications is it good for? I have heard that filling cracks, checks and knots is one thing and using with sandpaper to generate wood dust can be used as a natural filler for small dents and brad holes - does this work?

What might you suggest I buy as I have seen various different types including ones that you mix with other stuff, drying and activating agents.