Has anyone used fastcap? or mitrebond on exterior trim? I haven’t been able to find any information on its exterior use.
I was trimming out some square this coloums with titebond III (which now I wish I had used gorilla glue… and my collins clamps.. and was thinking how easy it would be if if you could use the cyanoacrylate outside. I buy all of my glue at Lee Valley and am thinking about going to an epoxy on my next outside trim project.
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cyanoacrylate is very expensive, doesn't go far, or work too well on porous materials (wood), I'ld stick with the way your doing it .
what's wrong with titebond III? I use it almost exclusively (inside and outside) as tests I've read show it to have one of the highest bonding strengths of yellow glues. What went wrong, if anything in your case?
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I don't know for a fact, but my impression is that "crazy glue" doesn't hold up well to exposure to the elements.
It is handy for tacking things together while other glue sets, though, if you can figure out how. I suppose you could try mixing it with another (non-water-containing) glue.
It would seem to me that you would want a glue that can move with the wood movement.
So having a thicker glue line with a glue that can accommodate some movement is a good thing.
I think the titebond III does that pretty well.
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Edited 7/7/2009 9:00 pm by popawheelie
I've used CA glue on porch column base and cap miters. Made sense at the time but I don't think I'd do it again. PL Premium is the way to go.