Pva glues have a tendency to creep over time and wouldn t be my first choice for bent lamination.
Bent lamination glue.
It s a urea formaldehyde glue with three shades of powdered catalyst to better match the wood you re using.
Once dry the resulting part will pretty much hold its shape forever.
A couple of glues that seem to be good choices for bent lamination are.
What type of glue should i use.
Types of glue for laminating.
It s messy but rewarding to see a gracefully bent piece of wood emerge from a glue encrusted form.
Gary herber langley none.
There isn t one adhesive ideal for every application.
I recommend unibond 800.
Use a two part urea formaldehyde glue for bent laminations.
Of these four glues urea resin and resorcinol achieve the most rigid glue line when cured.
Pro glue unibond 800 i realize th.
In doing research before attempting my first bent lamination i m starting to look at the appropriate glue choice for the project.
The first is the one woodworkers use to glue together planks of wood to form a wide surface for a.
The hard set helps the lamination hold its shape.
Epoxy urea resin resorcinol and polyurethane are all good choices for bent laminations.
Bending wood part ii bent lamination.
Because bent laminations are under constant stress they require glue that sets hard.
While resorcinol has a.
The glue lines from jumping out.
The long open time takes the frenzy out of glue up.
The gap filling properties of epoxy are of particular use when gluing bent lamination.
With domestic wood laminations the simplest and least visible glue is pva polyvinyl acetate yellow glue.
The term laminating can apply to three different procedures.
Epoxy and urea formaldehyde glue are much better for this application.
The process starts with ripping some thin strips of wood and applying glue to each strip.
David marks has a nice article on using urea formaldehyde glue.
I am interested in making bent laminations for furniture.
10 layers 1 8 at about 5 radius after the glue had cured for 24 hours on the form the parts were laid aside for at least a week.
Quite a while back i did a series of glue tests on bent laminations.
Bent lamination is a process of bending thin strips of wood using lots of glue and lots of clamps.
Bending wood part ii bent lamination.