wood glue

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:18 pm

The Jackson guitar I bought has a bit broken off the headstock, I have the offending piece (broken by the courier that delivered it) what sort of wood glue do I need, just bog standard B & Q fare or do I need something more specific?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:24 pm

I'll defer to Fran's manland knowledge when he chimes in, but we've only ever used regular woodglue at work when doing guitar bits.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:46 pm

I use what most people reccomend on various guitar making forums; TITEBOND, never had any problems.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:43 pm

I use Titebond. All the strength comes from the clamping.

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:23 am

I use Titebond.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:11 am

Titebond.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:37 am

Some interesting testing on glue

http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/glue.html

http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/glue_methods.html

Cliff notes.... titebond is the best. Over torquing clamps makes for a weaker joint (squeeze all the glue out). And this one threw me off cause I do it all the time. Scraping a joint (smooth) makes for a better surface to glue then a roughed up sanded surface (what I always do).

I watched a video a few weeks ago. A guy glued up a bunch of wood together and smashed all of it. He showed every single break, every single one broke along a grain, not the glue joint. Only proving what we all hear, glue is stronger then wood.

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:30 am

depends on the size of the wood that broke off the headstock..when it is only a small piece you also can take super glue.
Otherwise Ponal Express or Titebond.