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Old 04-23-2009 | 05:15 PM
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Default RE: titebond

I tried Titebond III on my last build and I love it. I will use it in 99% of my glue joints until something better comes along. However, when it comes to joining wing halves or attaching firewalls, I will stick to epoxy. I also use epoxy pretty much to attach tail feathers to the fuselage, but not always. As far as CA is concerned, I keep Zap onhand and use it to repair a cracked piece of balsa or harden holes or the like, but I have quit using it in the actual building. That's just the way I do it. That doesn't make it right or wrong, just the way I do it. But I am very seldom in a hurry. If you are in a hurry and can stand the fumes, CA is the only way to go. Jib is correct in that almost all of the current adhesives are good enough so that the wood pulls away or breaks before the glue joint, so it really becomes a question of what the individual builder prefers.