Guitar Luthiers recommended Titebond 3 to repair guitars and other wood instruments. It is easy to clean up with water after applying claps to set the project as glue gushes out the cracks under repair. It's all they'll recommend to use. Holds firmly after curing even on broken Headstocks after guitar strings have been restrung and tightened to their tension pressures. It's all I'll use on wood music instruments.
One important attribute that wasn't mentioned is 'open working time'. In some applications, such as assembling manufactured / flat pack furniture (mainly gluing dowels into dowel holes, connecting two pieces), a longer open working / assembly time is critical, and way more important than strength (this furniture isn't very strong anyway, and even the weakest glue is probably stronger than the particle board or cheap wood that is used). A little bit of glue usually leaks out when you hammer in the dowels, and that is a good thing, but you need to be able to get everything together before the glue dries. The Gorilla Glue Ultimate (black label) has by far the longest open working time (at least according to the label), at 15 minutes. A distant second is the Titebond III, at 8-10 minutes. Even 15 minutes isn't much time, so you need to apply glue shortly before the pieces go together, when possible. But every little bit helps.
That is a very good point, I will definitely test working times the next time that test wood glue. Is Gorilla Glue Ultimate your favorite due to its long working time? Do you have any other wood glues that you would recommend?
@@contractorscompass I don't really do much woodworking, so I don't have much experience in this area. I do a lot of furniture assembly, occasionally furniture repair, so open working time is my main criteria. Lately I've been using Titebond III the most, but I've also used Elmer's wood glue and Gorilla Glue ultimate a bit. The Gorilla Glue is the most expensive of the three, so I'm leaning less towards that, despite the longer working time. For some reason, the Elmer's (even the cheaper Elmer's) is more expensive, both online and at Lowes & Home Depot, than Titebond III! With the exception of the smallest bottles, which are under $2.50 on Amazon..
@@contractorscompass - more appreciation than enjoyment, for great effort, extremely well organized AND...something the manufacturers' could learn from! ; -)
Great video! I’d be curious to see if there are any changes in the results if you used solid wood. Perhaps a test with pine and oak (soft vs hard). On the water test did the plywood let go on any? I’ve had situations where the top layer of the plywood came off not the glue joint. Cool set up for testing
