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Title: Stronger bond - wood glue or contact cement?
Post by: javeryh on July 12, 2008, 04:18:23 pm
I'm bending a 1/8" thick hardboard panel around an 8" curve and I want the strongest bond possible.  Any thoughts?  Does it even matter?
Title: Re: Stronger bond - wood glue or contact cement?
Post by: jan25th on July 13, 2008, 03:47:41 am
It depends on what you are gluing the hardboard to. I haven't had very good results using yellow (carpenter's) glue on hardboard and would suspect contact cement would be better, would need to rough up the hardboard first and apply a couple of layers of cement to the hardboard. I think a better alternative would be something like PL400, it can be messy and difficult to clean, so be careful, but it is a very good adhesive.
Title: Re: Stronger bond - wood glue or contact cement?
Post by: Chadwick on July 14, 2008, 08:50:56 am
I think construction adhesive might work well in that situation.
Title: Re: Stronger bond - wood glue or contact cement?
Post by: javeryh on July 14, 2008, 01:21:11 pm
I ended up using wood glue to glue the hardboard to another sheet of hardboard.  I let the thing sit for 24 hours all clamped up and it seems to have worked....