Best Glue For Bent Laminations

There isn t one adhesive ideal for every application.

Best glue for bent laminations.

I have found the best adhesive for this to be the urea kind and i use ultra cat which can be lightened to maple color with an additive. Best glue for bent laminations. While resorcinol has a. It is also prone to glue creep a phenomenon in which the cured glue creeps out of the laminations over time resulting in unsightly raised glue lines.

Each lamination has a scarf joint. I am a banjo builder and make 11 diameter circular three ply steam bent laminations that are 5 8 thick total. Types of glue for laminating. What type of glue should i use.

Quite a while back i did a series of glue tests on bent laminations. I haven t tried unibond but i imagine it would be. Standard wood glue is not the best choice for bent laminations. The glue lines from jumping out.

Yellow glue sets soft and fast. 10 layers 1 8 at about 5 radius after the glue had cured for 24 hours on the form the parts were laid aside for at least a week. The term laminating can apply to three different procedures. The wood used was hard maple one of the more difficult from both the glue adhesion and bending stiffness.

Of these four glues urea resin and resorcinol achieve the most rigid glue line when cured. Gary herber langley none. The first is the one woodworkers use to glue together planks of wood to form a wide surface for a. By michael fortune 191 may june 2007 issue.

Then put against the original form.