What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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Craig Bumgarner
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What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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Anyone up early this morning? What glue bonds best to Titebond I? That is a joint previously glued with Titebond.
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Barry Daniels
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Re: What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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No glue bonds to Titebond, even Titebond. The joint should be resurfaced to remove all glue residue and then rejoined. An alternative is to clean the joint with damp, warm rags which will remove glue if you wipe long enough.
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Re: What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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Depending on your situation, if the joint can be heated, the glue softens, then you can close the joint, and the glue night "grab" sufficiently for your purposes, and hold when allowed to cool.
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Re: What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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You can remove Titebond and similar glues with acetic acid. I don't know how well new glue would stick to the surface, though.
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Re: What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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I discovered that acetone cleans up titebond quite handily.
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Re: What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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Dried titebond?
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Re: What glue bonds best to Titebond?

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Yup. I wouldn't say it worked a whole lot better than warm water but it did work well enough.
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