I made a small cabinet for the bathroom. It's finished with Waterlox. I now find that I need to attach a mounting piece or two. I could screw them in, but what are my glue options?
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Glue for finished surfaces?
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Given the lack of info/pics:
Remove finish in glued area (router?),
Glueup (Titebond, with or without dowels or bisquits),
Clean off dried squeezeout,
Refinish.
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CA glue (AKA "Super Glue") works very well for gluing to finished wood surfaces.
I prefer the thick variety for that task:
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routinely use the thick variety of CA glue to attached trim elements (corbels, etc) to finished furniture ... along with the judicious use a pin nailer, although on smaller pieces that is often not necessary.
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Will you ever need to remove the mounting pieces? Screw them in.
Want a permanent solution, Epoxy
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Thanks. Screws it is, then.
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ow find that I need to attach a mounting piece or two. I could screw them i= n, but what are my glue options?
Gluing to the finish will not be too reliable. You might get great adhesion= with the right material but the finish can pull away pretty easily. One tr= ick would be to use epoxy. First drill a few small holes in both faces and = slather epoxy into the holes. Make sure the holes align enough to get some = good overlap of the holes. Should build enough of a key on both sides to ke= ep things together quite well.
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Thought so. Of course, if it's in an accessible area, all that wouldn't take more than half an hour or so.
Next time, remember the Seven P's.
-- Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it. -- Hugh Macleod