Glue

[Simon Barden]

I was looking up whether standard Titebond was a PVA glue (it is, but with some extra resins in) and came across this site where someone had tried out a lot of wood glues, with some slightly surprising results.

http://shropshire-woodsmiths.co.uk/woodglue-test/

Note that the Titebond hide glue has a 1 year shelf life - so you the quicker you use it, the better.

Also note that the Titebond type II is pretty waterproof, so can be hard to steam apart if you ever need to part a joint, and Titebond type III is very waterproof (marine ply level) so would be be almost impossible to steam apart before you did serious damage to the rest of the guitar.

[corsair]

I was looking up whether standard Titebond was a PVA glue (it is, but with some extra resins in) and came across this site where someone had tried out a lot of wood glues, with some slightly surprising results.

http://shropshire-woodsmiths.co.uk/woodglue-test/

Note that the Titebond hide glue has a 1 year shelf life - so you the quicker you use it, the better.

Also note that the Titebond type II is pretty waterproof, so can be hard to steam apart if you ever need to part a joint, and Titebond type III is very waterproof (marine ply level) so would be be almost impossible to steam apart before you did serious damage to the rest of the guitar.

That's an interesting article, Simon; thanks for posting it up!! I used Cascamite when we lived in the UK to glue the broken halves of a guitar body back together on the recommendation of a chippie friend, who also donated said glue for the cause!! Fabulous stuff but as the article said - and as Andy was at pains to emphasise, it must be mixed exactly to manufacturers instructions.