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Re: Instant glues?
By:John Monfoe
Date: 5/18/2001, 5:49 am
In Response To: Instant glues? (Chuck Birch)

: Okay, the planning is getting intense...I'm trying to figure out some details
: and I thought I'd ask this...so if it is dumb, then my secret is out!

: #1 Anyone ever use instant glues? Are there problems? Or is it just too
: expensive?

: #2 Should I add a keel strip...maybe from Ash?

: #3 Is "Inland Cedar" (?) okay to use?

: Thanks,
: Chuck

Hi Chuck,

I have probably championed using instant glues as much as anyone on the board. But just in special situation and not to build a whole boat. I also use the spray accelerator which makes the so called instant glue really set up instantly. I find it a very handy tool for me and am always finding new uses for it. I bought one 2 OZ bottle THICK, of "USA GOLD CA GLUE" $8.99, and one 2 OZ spray bottle of "USA GOLD Q-SHOT ACCERLERATOR" for $4.99 at "www.woodcraft.com" This amount has lasted me for one boat as I use it. I have used it as a kind of tack weld to hold things in place while the regular glue dried, in places I couldn't get a clamp into.

John

Messages In This Thread

Instant glues?
Chuck Birch -- 5/17/2001, 3:15 pm
Re: Instant glues?
Chuck Birch -- 5/18/2001, 10:14 pm
Re: Instant glues?
Jim -- 5/19/2001, 9:40 am
Re: Instant glues?
Severne Johnson -- 5/18/2001, 10:50 am
Re: Instant glues?Not so instant epoxy.
Tony -- 5/18/2001, 7:17 pm
Re: Instant glues?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/18/2001, 9:38 am
Re: Instant glues?
John Monfoe -- 5/18/2001, 5:49 am
Re: Instant glues?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/18/2001, 2:42 am
Re: Instant glues?
Chip Sandresky -- 5/17/2001, 5:36 pm
Re: Instant glues?
Shawn Baker -- 5/17/2001, 4:26 pm
Re: Instant glues?
Jim -- 5/17/2001, 3:43 pm
Re: Instant glues?
Jim Eisenmenger -- 5/17/2001, 3:35 pm