Gorilla Glue

Has anyone tried gorilla glue in the boatbuilding? I've tried it on a few wood projects and it seems to work pretty good.

 

yeah, me too.
So far I've used G.G. for sailboat models and such. Everything seems to be okay. But it's not a fair test as the boats are well-painted before getting wet. Someday I will begin building a small Herreshoff wooden sailboat, and I'd like to continue to use this glue. Interested in your topic,
Josh Hantman, Philadelphia

 

No, no and no again. Gorillas are a protected species. I suggest you try Cascamite. A two part (powder and acid) marine glue.

 

Good article: http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/gsahv/glue/glue.htm

 

Gorilla Glue - Jems note

Good article by JEM - very informative - great to have such a through test to hand - and a warning to us timber men to avoid sailing i boiling water

 

Gorilla Glue - Jems note

Good article by JEM - very informative - great to have such a thorough test to hand - and a warning to us timber men to avoid sailing i boiling water

 

lol...no don't boil your boat!

Simmer slowly covered for 1/2 hour, stir occasionally.

 

Very good JEM, for our American friends it is. Safe for the Sikaflex you won't find any Gorilla's in the EEC - I have a weakness for glues and this test you provided us with is for me of more value than any test done under laboratory conditions.
I have glued anything to anything and learned a bit whilst working in the aircraft industry.
I had a Lambo Espada that had a broken steeringhouse that was made out of a magnesium alloy and that could not be repaired. The car went finally to the Fokker Aircraft plant wher the engine was taken out, thoroughly cleaned and glued with one of the first epoxy's that were used for glueing the Phantom wings together.
Although I was supercautious in the beginning, that slackened slowly.
A few years ago I saw the car again and had a chance to look for the glueline.
It still existed.

I believe it was glued with an epoxy made by Ciba-Geigy - industrial formulation and not available in the commercial field.
The best glues are often not for sale to the general public for legal reasons.

 

John Welsford has written about it,
http://www.woodenboat.net.nz/Workshop/Workshoptips/Holdfastfolder/Gorillaglue.html

 

Gorilla glue is good stuff.
I wonder how it would work with epoxy?
Using gorilla glue to bond frames, then encapsulating the assembly in epoxy???
This seems like a very simple alternative to epoxy bonding, as long as the fit-up has no large gaps.

 

Jem, that was great and very infomative. A question I have though is ! did you check and see if the glues have any elasticity. Epoxy has elasticity (a little give and take).
Just a question
Ben

 

I didn't do that test. Just an article I saw.

I personally won't use anything but epoxy. The few $ saved is not worth it to me. But that's just me.