Titebond III Does not Perform

Leon · 2004-07-09T22:20:00+00:00

Wood Magazine this month has a great article comparing the major brandglues. The 6 page article tests for strength and water resistance.In a water resistant test, glued joints were submerged in water for 24hours. Surprisingly Titebond III scored worse than Titebond II. The TB IIjoint held up to about 300 PSI. TB III failed at about 200 PSI. So I guessyou should save your money. TBIII is typically 60% more expensive than TBII.There was a discussion a few weeks ago about the TB III compared toPolyurethanes for water resistance. Polyurethanes win. In the same test asmentioned above, the Elmer's ProBond and Gorilla Glue Polyurethane jointheld up to almost 1000 PSI. TB III held up to 200 PSI.I think I will send an email to Franklin and see what they have to say aboutthis article.

Jul 09, 2004 85 Replies

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Leon 22 years ago

Well, that sounds like a good idea and I have exchanged 3 e-mails with him today. I may be just short of being considered a heckeler from his view. LOL.. I do however think it would be great if perhaps you or some one else invite them to participate or at least check in with us once in a while. The more requests from different people that they get the more credible and perhaps worth while we will appear and the more likely their participation.

If any one wants to contact Steve Craig at Titebond,

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Mr. Stone has been more than prompt with his replies.

If he is not the one to participate, I am sure that he would know the person.

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Leon 22 years ago

OK, correction, Steve Craig is the sports announcer on one of the TV stations here in Houston. He probably would not be any help. Nor would Tom Franklin, another announcer... :~)

Try Craig Stone. ;~)

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participation.

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Dave Hinz 22 years ago

They don't shatter much in a rollover, and the strength they provide will be during the first roll, when most of the energy is dissipated. Even in the most impressive rollovers I've seen (4 or 5 rolls) the windshield still was mostly intact... the plastic layer inside keeps it in place, and it'll still have strength in tension even if the glass is cracked.

Rear windows, yeah, they'll break into tiny granular, not-very-sharp pieces. But, the C-pillars are much stronger, I'm guessing the structural contributions of the back window are trivial compared to the windshield.

Dave Hinz

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Dave Hinz 22 years ago

As long as he _participates_ rather than uses it as a marketing outlet, sure. If I start seeing marketing drivel from Titebond's folks, on top of all the other stuff here lately about them, I'll switch glue brands to something else.

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