PVA long term life?

[alex grams]

I have been digging around trying to find some information on the long term life expectancy of PVA glue joints. I realize there are many factors which affect glue joints, but assume the standard use for furniture in a house with climate control (not outside, not in the rain).

What kind of life could be expected from a PVA glued joint in the long term (assuming face to face glue joints in a manner where wood movement is minimal)

I would really appreciate if anyone has any literature they can link. I couldn't find anything from taunton, or I wasn't searching the proper phrases.

Thanks in advance.

[Lee Schierer]

If it is any help, I made a knife rack for my mother in 1963 that was glued up with Elmer's white glue. Not a single joint has opened. She also has a redwood cutting board that was made the same year that was edge glued with Elmer's. Despite many thousand washings in the sink, the joint has never failed.

[Thomas L. Miller]

Alex,
Last year I attended a week long class at Kelly Mehler's school taught by a "well known cabinet maker who always cuts dovetails pins first!" ;) He uses PVA white glue exclusively in his business. He has had no known failures and he's been at this business for a considerable bit of time. He apprenticed in Europe as a cabinet maker and grew up using hide glue. He says he wouldn't go back.
Hope this helps.
Tom

[David G Baker]

Lee S.,
Question about the redwood cutting board, was the cutting board made from California Redwood? I thought that Redwood was one of the woods not recommended to come in contact with foods.