Gluing onto Sealed (Bullseye) wood

[Dennis Lopeman]

Can I glue over the wood that I have already sealed with Bullseye? I can of course sand the area first. I'm making a box (I didn't complete it for MothersDay!) and decided I want to glue legs on it to off set the size of the lid.

TIA

[Steve Schoene]

The strength of the glue bons will be significantly reduced. That said, the relatively low stresses of those legs may let such a joint survive. A small screw into the bottom of the chest, with flat head recessed into the leg bottom, could work wonders, of course.

[Dennis Lopeman]

I should have mentioned that it's a SMALL box... like a keepsake or humidor... There not going to be anyone sitting on it or anything! :)

[Joe Chritz]

Polyurethane glue, epoxy, Hot melt poly or melamine glue will do much better than yellow PVA glue. You won't have the strength of a raw wood to wood bond.

Joe

[Dennis Lopeman]

Even if I sand it down a good bit? How deep does the Sealer penetrate?

[Steve Schoene]

If you sand off essentially all the shellac, so you are basically sanding the bare wood, you will get close to a full strength bond, almost certainly strong enough for your application.

[Prashun Patel]

I think you can save yrself a lot of work by using a little dab of epoxy on each foot.