TiteBond is water soluble until it dries. The #2 is only rated as water resistant but the tests they use to determine water proof is so crazy nothing will ever face those conditions.
Gorilla glue is a urethane glue and in turn it takes a solvent to clean up. It also expands as it cures which is a whole other kind of problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] glues you are absolutely right. That stuff is nothing more than air conditioning cauk. Plumber's epox is right, sorry. BTW the alternative to gorilla glue that I had mentioned is Tight bond II (or 2, myaybe). I hear it is easier to clean up. Anyone have comparisons with it to gorilla? On Mon, 18 Jan 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Be careful if you ask for plumbers puddy. There is a product called plumbers > puddy is used for a water sealant under fixtures and drains. This puddy is > not a glue. and > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spiro" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:01 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] glues > > > you speak of plumber's puddy. > As you have discovered Gorilla glue is an urethane glue similar to the > acrylics of the super glue family. I like the Gorilla better for a water > tight wood glue. But I've been told of a better wood glue as of late. > I'll post and get back with it. > But, the plumber's epox if mixed right will hold crazy things together too > with more work time than super glue. > I've glued a metal plate onto the bac of my heat gun, as I have no hanging > hook for it. I've glued a flat plate onto a collar for use with my bottle > pump. > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010, Geoff Eden wrote: > >> I may have misunderstood the glue discussion of some months ago. I >> believed that gorilla glue was the type of blue that one needs in one's >> hands to activate it. However, I may have been mistaken, is looking it up >> I note that it is similar to superglue and comes out of a tube using >> moisture in the air to start the hardening process. >> >> However, I do recall a discussion of a glue which one cut from a strip and >> needed in one's hands. This looked tremendously practical to me, and I >> may have inadvertently advise people on its proper name. Please, would >> somebody give me the proper brand name of this glue. >> >> Gratefully >> >> Geoff >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4784 (20100118) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
