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Jim C Martin
10-20-2013, 12:25 PM
Hello All:
I need to face glue two pieces of pre-finished plywood. I don't know for sure but the finish is likely some kind of poly. Sanding off the finish is something I'd like to avoid. What glue would you recommend?
Thanks,
Jim
Steve Peterson
10-20-2013, 1:52 PM
How large is the surface area?

There is a web site called "thistothat" (easy to find) that chooses good glues for many different surfaces. They recommend Household Goop (silicone) or epoxy for plastic to plastic. Contact cement or Liquid Nails should also work.

Steve
Jim C Martin
10-20-2013, 3:24 PM
epoxy for plastic to plastic
Thanks Steve. Interesting web site.
Cheers,
Jim
Charles B Wilson
10-20-2013, 3:44 PM
This works well.
http://www.titebond.com/product.aspx?id=c9121dfd-2a9d-46d0-bd6d-c183e64bd0cd

Bonding prefinished to prefinished will extend the clamp time .....overnight or longer depending on temp

CW
Peter Quinn
10-20-2013, 5:55 PM
I just did an entire kitchen where we had to glue prefinished boxes to each other to make up long runs. We used polyurethane glue, regular old Gorilla glue IIR, worked like a charm. We glued up test pieces first, couldn't break them with a hammer and pry bar. Epoxy would work, but there's the mixing, the cost, the mess. IME the polyurethane is actually less messy in terms of squeeze out than epoxy in this case. If you go epoxy make sure it is properly thickened, right out of the jug its too thin for this sort of work.
Curt Harms
10-21-2013, 9:38 AM
This works well.
http://www.titebond.com/product.aspx?id=c9121dfd-2a9d-46d0-bd6d-c183e64bd0cd

Bonding prefinished to prefinished will extend the clamp time .....overnight or longer depending on temp

CW

I suspect this is similar but is advertized for more different materials


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