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Title: Gluing Ipe to osage...UNIBOND or TB3?
Post by: Zradix on January 25, 2014, 09:07:00 PM
Hey guys..

I'll be gluing some thin strips of ipe to osage.
Nice flat straight surfaces.

Think I should score the faces and use unibond?
..or should I clean with solvent and use TB3?

Thank you!
Title: Re: Gluing Ipe to osage...UNIBOND or TB3?
Post by: fujimo on January 25, 2014, 09:12:00 PM
unibond- if it were me...

i keep my TB for silk and fish skins   :eek:
Title: Re: Gluing Ipe to osage...UNIBOND or TB3?
Post by: wakolbinger on January 25, 2014, 10:37:00 PM
Smooth-on
Title: Re: Gluing Ipe to osage...UNIBOND or TB3?
Post by: fujimo on January 26, 2014, 09:29:00 AM
Smooth on doesn't have the dark glue line, which is really nice for glueing light woods. It's what I use.but with one of the woods a dark wood, the unibond will be good too.
Lots of people use the tb very successfully, and swear by it, and it is a very capable glue- I just prefer the gap filling glues, whilst using some scoring on the mating surfaces.
Just what I like to do.
Title: Re: Gluing Ipe to osage...UNIBOND or TB3?
Post by: Pat B on January 26, 2014, 10:49:00 AM
I've used TB glues and Urac(not used Unibond yet) both with good results but when I'm making a highly stressed bow I will always go with the Urac if I have it.
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