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Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
By:Steve
Date: 1/6/2001, 6:14 pm
In Response To: Re: Stripping Progress, North Star (John Michne)

: Steve - On the white glue residue from Titebond II - I believe you are seeing
: "chalking". From the Titebond website http://www.titebond.com
: -

: " Chalking

: Chalky white appearance of a layer of glue which has dried too cold. A
: glue which dries below this critical "chalk point" does not knit
: together
: properly and the resulting bond is likely to fail."

: I lifted this right from their glossary, after seeing the tech spec for chalk
: point, which was listed as 55 deg. F for Titebond II.

: Looks like you need some supplemental heating in your shop. Not only the
: glue, but the air and work should be above the chalk point for a good
: joint.

: Hope it works out OK for you - it's looking good so far. - John
John,
Thanks for the info. The garage has been around 55-60 deg while I was working.
Today I heated the garage close to 70, New bottle of titebond II and everything looked normal. The only thing I noticed is when I removed the clamps along the strip the glue was white (chalky) where ever the clamp came into contact with excess glue. I am in the process now of getting the old gas furnace running which used to heat the garage. It used to be a woodworking shop when the previous owner was here. Hmmm Seems its back to the same as before. Thanks Again
Steve

Messages In This Thread

Stripping Progress, North Star *Pic*
Steve -- 1/5/2001, 10:25 am
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
John Michne -- 1/5/2001, 8:35 pm
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
Steve -- 1/6/2001, 6:14 pm
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
Kent LeBoutillier -- 1/5/2001, 11:28 am
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
Dale Bourgoin -- 1/5/2001, 5:35 pm
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
Mike Worthan -- 1/5/2001, 11:24 am
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
Steve -- 1/5/2001, 11:36 am
Re: Stripping Progress, North Star
Rob Macks -- 1/5/2001, 7:19 pm