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Best glue to use

Ray7756

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I have read and reread the tutorials on making celtic knots and laminating scrolls into blanks, but in none of them does it recomend a particulre glue to use, wood on wood i assume a pva glue but what about wood to plastic and metals ( drink cans) for mine read beer cans LOL, just wondering what you all use / prefer and why
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Ray
 

silver

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CA has been a good choice for me due to the quick setting times and minimum clamping time required.

I have used PvA with wood but tends to take several days to get a Celtic knot done with me.

The 5 min epoxy is good for mixed materials, such as Ali, acrylics and wood.

CA is good for all material types and is a versatile medium for that purpose.

But, the smells and fumes it gives off is not nice and you do need to make sure you protect yourself well from them..
 

Terry Q

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Ray for serpentine and Celtic knot blanks made of wood I use Elmers wood glue, it's white in colour. For dissimilar materials I use Gorilla glue. I use Gorilla to glue in tubes. You can also use epoxy but I think that's overkill.
 

Terry Q

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Ray for Serpentine and Celtic knot blanks made of wood whichever wood glue you favor will work. For dissimilar materials I use Gorilla glue. I use Gorilla to glue in tubes. You can also use epoxy but I think that's overkill.


In the tutorial section there is a newly added pdf of an article I wrote for the AAW journal on my process for making the Serpentine blank.

Terry
 

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Full support for Terry who is a master of this process. PS terry I have never seen the tubed Gorilla Glue thanks for the info (what a great idea).

Peter.
 
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