Winter Glue Up

Hi Chuck.

I am in upstate NY, so like you I also have the challenges that come with cold weather. I have a basement shop, but do my sanding and finishing in the garage.

The choice is to wait for warm weather, chance the curing in the cold, or move into the house. Titebond does not give off any VOC’s, so I would do your glue up in the house. I do not know what the working temperature of Titebond is, but I am sure you can find it on thier website. In any event, 30 minutes to cure in a cold garage is a formula for failure.

The latest FWW says Titebond III is good to 47°. Seems to me it’ll get cold pretty fast.

-- Gerry, http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/CNC_Woodworker.html

i’ve lost a few pieces in 40+ weather with TBII. beware.

-- ~the turtle

what about setting up a glueup corner/area in the shop where you can place a heater to keep the glueup at above minimum temp. for TBIII?

I actually did the same thing you are planning to do this weekend, although with TBI, and I noticed the lamination forming the dreaded white patches of the frozen glue. in my case it’s shop furniture (my router table) so not a biggy, but for something of higher quality – I would not risk it.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I’m not chancing it….I’ve been doing my glue ups on the kitchen table.

-- ALS IK KAN “to the best of my ability,”

Thank you for the suggestions. I ended up taking the careful route and gluing in the house. I put some pieces of MDF underneath to help with support and to give some space for the clamps on the bottom.

-- “It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck

looks like you did good, thats a nice glueup

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.