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Old 11-23-2008 | 01:44 PM
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In my experience, an epoxied joint will be stronger than a CA'd joint because the epoxy can flex a bit before fracturing. CA is great with lightweight porous wood (balsa) which allows it to soak into the material before curing but I wouldn't use it on harder wood or ply. Also, I've found 30 minute epoxy isn't much stronger than 5 minute but the extra cure time allows it to soak further into the material being bonded before curing making the overall joint strength vastly superior. With that said, I still prefer Titebond II for 90% of my wood bonding. It's lightweight, cheap, sands nicely, and the cure can be accelerated with a hair drier or retarded by moistening the wood before bonding.