Comments on: Choosing and Using Glues http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2007/02/01/choosing-and-using-glues/ An online source of information for the connected woodworker. Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel Hess http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2007/02/01/choosing-and-using-glues/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Joel Hess Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:24:16 +0000 http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2007/02/01/choosing-and-using-glues/#comment-613 Toni, Great suggestion. I was hoping someone would fill in the obvious gaps to my post. Contact cement is an excellent choice for bonding laminate (or hardboard, as in the original question) to plywood. Thanks for your input. -Joel Toni,
Great suggestion. I was hoping someone would fill in the obvious gaps to my post. Contact cement is an excellent choice for bonding laminate (or hardboard, as in the original question) to plywood.

Thanks for your input. -Joel

]]> By: Toni http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2007/02/01/choosing-and-using-glues/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Toni Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2007/02/01/choosing-and-using-glues/#comment-612 Another glue option is contact cement. I have used it to bond high pressure laminate (Formica, Wilson Art, etc.) to plywood for a kitchen counter top. This glue requires that it be used in a very well ventilated work space. The fumes are very volatile. To use it apply a thin coat on each side of the material to be bonded together. Wait for the contact cement to dry to a tacky state. Don't let it over dry otherwise it will not bond. Once the contact cement has reached its tacky state as soon as the to pieces come into contact with each other they will bond. It is necessary to align the work pieces before allowing them to come into contact with each other. Here are a couple of tips: 1) Depending on the size, get a couple of helpers to hold the work piece. This will allow you to position it correctly before bonding. 2) Set scrape pieces of wood on one of the work pieces. Then set the other half of the work piece on the spacers, position it and then from one end remove the spacers one at a time lowering the two work pieces together. Another glue option is contact cement. I have used it to bond high pressure laminate (Formica, Wilson Art, etc.) to plywood for a kitchen counter top. This glue requires that it be used in a very well ventilated work space. The fumes are very volatile.

To use it apply a thin coat on each side of the material to be bonded together. Wait for the contact cement to dry to a tacky state. Don’t let it over dry otherwise it will not bond. Once the contact cement has reached its tacky state as soon as the to pieces come into contact with each other they will bond. It is necessary to align the work pieces before allowing them to come into contact with each other.

Here are a couple of tips:
1) Depending on the size, get a couple of helpers to hold the work piece. This will allow you to position it correctly before bonding.
2) Set scrape pieces of wood on one of the work pieces. Then set the other half of the work piece on the spacers, position it and then from one end remove the spacers one at a time lowering the two work pieces together.

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