Tropical Hardwood Epoxy Glue

Smith s oak teak epoxy glue is the 2004 upgraded version of all wood glue whose technology is based on our tropical hardwood epoxy a product famous for thirty years of gluing any wood known to man or beast.

Tropical hardwood epoxy glue. This is why it is the all wood glue. Tropical hardwood epoxy glue glues any wood tropical hardwood epoxy is a highly flexible two component epoxy adhesive which will glue oily hardwoods including teak mahogany apetong araki osage orange and lignum vitae acidic woods such as oak as well as spruce pine fir or any softer wood. Use it for gluing oak and cedar as well as other materials that are difficult to bond. Smith co s tropical hardwood epoxy will glue not only oily hardwoods such as mahogany and teak but oak spruce or any other softer wood.

Hot hide glue and all wood epoxy all with good success. I have heard a warning about pre treating with solvents namely that it can cause more oil to rise to the surface from within the wood and so i have chosen not to use that method. For over 35 years g 2 has been an excellent adhesive choice for oily acidic hardwoods like teak and other tropical woods. In addition it will with proper chemical surface preparation glue a wide variety of metals glass rubber or plastic.

Face veneers free of knots and other than solid pin knots no more than 6 in any 1 square foot area. Cured it is completely waterproof and weatherproof. Untreated tropical hardwood veneers with suitable level of resistance to fungal attack. This is why it is the all wood glue.

Using tropical hardwood epoxy glue harder woods such as oak teak maple alder apetong araki pau lope osage orange etc may be glued directly with our epoxy adhesives. For glue joints less likely to fail when accidentally exposed to high temperature the oak and teak glue is better. G 2 was developed primarily for waterproof bonding of rot resistant woods used in fine yacht joinery. Smith s oak teak epoxy glue is the 2004 upgraded version of all wood glue whose technology is based on our tropical hardwood epoxy a product famous for thirty years of gluing any wood known to man or beast.

For gluing thin sections of softer woods where more fiexibility is appropriate so that the glue joint properties are more similar to the wood the tropical hardwood epoxy is preferred. Tropical hardwood epoxy was originally developed 25 years ago for don philbrick a well known builder of speedboats in the san francisco bay area. Many tropical hardwoods are so oily or resinous that they re practically waterproof.