Hiya All, Awhile back I posted about a redheart box I had built that I experienced glue creep on. I used Titebond II and felt it had fully cured although the temp during curing was right around the lower limit. Ok, so I attributed the creep to the temp.
I just finished two cherry nightstands with glued up tops (panel). These tops were glued up and left to cure in relative warmth (85 or so) and prior to finishing, they sat for prolly 6 weeks. Yup, 6 weeks. Took me awhile to get these projects done. Anyway, I finished with a very thin coat of watco natural and about 8 coats or so of shellac. Then rubbed out with limestone, rottenstone, etc.... Looked gorgeous.
So they've been in the house now for about 3 weeks (temp is a little cooler say around 75-80) and low and behold it appears I have creep. Right where the pieces in the panel are edge glued, I'm getting a ridge. Can't really see it but can feel it. I used titebond II again. This is coming out of a gallon container that is perhaps 3 months old. Glue seems fine, adheres well, and doesn't appear to have "spoiled".
So my question, just what the heck can I do to avoid this in the future? I've liked titebond to date but honestly if this is what it does, then I'm gonna have to find an alternative. I see poly has been well received on the rec. in terms of creep so maybe that's it. Either way, I'd like to know if there's a way to avoid creep with the titebond II. I plan to write the company cause I'm pretty ticked off about this. I'll prolly never get the tops looking good if I go back and knock these edges down and then try to match the finish so you can understand my ire.
Anyway, thanks for any inputs. Cheers, cc
ps. forgot to mention, I'm in NM and avg. humidity has been between prolly 10-15% for the past 8-10 weeks (from glue-up to final rubout).