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glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - mound - 04-28-2016
doing some custom lattice work with kiln-dried western red cedar, was going to use the Sipo domino tenons. None of the joints are structural. What kind of glue would you use?
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - Splinter Puller - 04-28-2016
Titebond 3. Waterproof and so much easier then epoxy and less messy then polyurethane.
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - Curlycherry - 04-28-2016
Epoxy, much easier than Titebond 3 because there is a lot more open time. Sorry Splinter, I gotta go against you on this one.
I used Gorilla Glue on my curved cedar railing 20 years ago and not one single part of it failed. The foaming makes it pretty much mandatory that a means of planing and or sanding off the foam is necessary.
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - JR1 - 04-28-2016
Unless you need more than 10 min of open time then TB lll. You can glue one end of the domino then the other. If you need more time checkout West systems epoxy. Avoid gorilla glue its a mess (their marketing is far better then their product.)
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - BigD - 04-29-2016
I am doing something very similar except there are some structural joints.
I prefer TB3, but do I half to use epoxy on the structural joints ?
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - mound - 04-29-2016
Thanks everyone. I read on the Titebond website that for cedar you need to clean the surface first with acetone..
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - Pink Floyd - 04-29-2016
mound said:
Thanks everyone. I read on the Titebond website that for cedar you need to clean the surface first with acetone..
I work with a lot of Eastern Redcedar and I've never cleaned a joint with acetone. Never needed to. That's just my personal experience.
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - JR1 - 04-29-2016
Most epoxies and all the TB glues are much stronger than wood once cured.
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - JR1 - 04-29-2016
Using TB lll I just give it a quick wipe. It's not like ipe or lignum vitae which need more attention.
Re: glue choice - exterior, cedar, domino tenons - mbw - 04-29-2016
I used Gorilla on my exterior shutters with pegged loose tenons, and the joints failed. I'd use tb3