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Thread: Thinning Polyurethane Glue
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2nd November 2013, 07:23 PM #16
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I don't like epoxy for furniture in general, but that's just a personal preference.
I would have thought, epoxy would be a excellent glue for furniture..
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2nd November 2013, 09:31 PM #17Taking a break
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I work in the furniture industry and we use a large variety of timbers, but mostly American Oak and Vic Ash.
We have had some delamination issues with large section oak in summer: 22 pieces @ 3mx120x60 face to face for the thickest dining tables on the planet - we had to borrow a forklift to move them (they wanted 2 of these things) around and I believe they had to crane them into the house through an unfinished glass wall.
That being said, part of the problem was that they were ordered as urgent and then sat around the factory unsealed for nearly 2 months because the house wasn't ready. American oak is highly unstable at the best of times and a slab that big is going to move and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. We packed the joins that opened with Techniglue and they bloody moved again .
Right after that I made an island bench in American walnut: 31 pieces @ 4mx100x45 face to face (I always seem to get the largest jobs) with 180x180 legs using the same glue and it also sat around for over a month. Not a single join moved.
Make of it what you will, but I'm going to call that a timber issue, not a glue issue.
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2nd November 2013, 09:34 PM #18Taking a break
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2nd November 2013, 10:30 PM #19Senior Member
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A bit harder to get but I still prefer Urea Formaldehyde (UF) for laminations, as long as it is not for exterior applications.
Cheap, no creep, fast, easy to spread/roll and above all the least noticeable glue lines.
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