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wood glue

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:18 pm
by dezb1
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?

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:24 pm
by benecol
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.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:46 pm
by Addam
I use what most people reccomend on various guitar making forums; TITEBOND, never had any problems.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:43 pm
by Joey
I use Titebond. All the strength comes from the clamping.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:23 am
by cur
I use Titebond.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:11 am
by speedfish
Titebond.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:37 am
by Joey
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.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:30 am
by jamba72
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.