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Re: Material: Titebond III question
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 12/10/2011, 9:53 pm
In Response To: Material: Titebond III question (Scott Shurlow)

: Can you steam bend wood that has been glued with TB III?
: A while back I posted about a Popsicle stick paddle and now have my
: first layer that needs to be bent. Steam or boiling (a light
: soak with boiling water in a cookie tray) are my options. I'm
: hoping that TB III will still work with the steam or boiling. I
: do have epoxy which I could do a thin layer on top of the sheet
: if that might work better.
: Thanks,
: Scott

TB3 is supposed to be a type 2 adhesive - the test involves 3 cycles of soaking and baking but not boiling which is in the type 1 adhesive test. Although I haven't observed it personally I understand creep problems have been found with TB3. I have noticed that it softens slightly after a long soaking in water but it regains its strength when it dries again. I'm not sure if that information helps you. I would have thought you should glue after steaming and bending . . .

Messages In This Thread

Material: Titebond III question
Scott Shurlow -- 12/10/2011, 6:28 pm
Re: Material: Titebond III question
ancient kayaker -- 12/10/2011, 9:53 pm
Re: Material: Titebond III question
Scott Shurlow -- 12/10/2011, 10:41 pm
Re: Material: Titebond III question
ancient kayaker -- 12/13/2011, 10:01 pm
Re: Material: Titebond III question
Paul Montgomery -- 12/11/2011, 9:31 am