Wood glue

[kevin nee]

Are Titebond 3 and Elmer's wood glue max, the same thing?
Are there any differences?

[Jim Becker]

Elmer's Max is an outdoor rated PVA glue but it also has wood fibers in it, according to descriptions. So that would be something that makes it a little different than TB-III. I doubt that in actual application that you'll see much difference if you want to try one over the other. I tend to use Titebond across the board because it's so easily sourced.

[Tom Bender]

For a while Elmer's Carpenter's Glue was hard to find, pushed off the shelves by Titebond, but yesterday I found it again. I prefer it to the thicker Titebond.

[Edward Dyas]

I use one or the other, which is ever on the store shelves. I haven't had a problem with either.

[Andrew Pitonyak]

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?224561-Is-anyone-using-Elmer-s-Carpenter-s-Wood-Glue-Max&p=2341636#post2341636

I was told that the open time listed for MAX is not realistic (ie, it sets faster than TB III). I was not able to find Elmer's page on the glue, everything has been replaced with information on slime (annoys me, makes my daughter happy).

In other words, i was not able to check things such as claimed open time and temperatures for use. I wanted to compare against this:

http://www.titebond.com/product/glues/e8d40b45-0ab3-49f7-8a9c-b53970f736af