Hello!

I've got a wood chair sitting here that has a crack in one spot. I want to repair it, but am just wondering what would be best to use. I'm thinking the best way to go about it would be to inject some wood glue in the crack and clamp it together, but I was just wondering if there's something that would do a better job than wood glue?

Due to the location of the crack, nails and screws are unuseable.

Thanks in advance!

Wood glue is best. Spread the crack open, put the glue in it, use a small hobby type paint brush to get it all the way in there (or hold it open and let it flow in) and clamp it up. Make sure it squeezes out a good bit, too.

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Gorilla glue

www.gorillaglue.com

Folks,

I have used a product similar to gorilla - glues that are activated by contact with water. They seem to work real well for a couple of reasons....

- good consistency to apply, can get into cracks but don't run much

- clamp it good, and then the glue expands as it activates, filling all gaps

- very waterproof, I made a love seat from cheap framing lumber, glued it with EXCELL glue (similar to Gorilla), and it lasted 8 years outside with no glue failures

- easy to sand / trim the excess that may seep out as the glue expands

- not so good for coloring or staining

- very strong bonds, able to take shocks / stresses. Stonger than the typical yellow or white wood glues

Good luck. If you buy some glue of this type, keep the container well sealed or it will cure from moisture in the air. It does have a shelf life as well.

Chuck

Is it an expensive all solid wood chair? You may want to first try putting a humidifier in the room. This may close up the crack.

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The crack's worse than that. The crack's bad enough that the chair could break if it were stressed moderately.

Also, the chair actually lives on the boat...

I'll have to look further into the Gorilla glue. Thanks!

West System 2 part epoxy. Works great, the wood around the crack will break before the crack every opens again!

yeah, go for the epoxy - it's used in boatbuilding. I've used it to repair cylinder heads, too.

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PRO BOND. Works much better than regular wood glue.
I highly recommend it. I repaired a broken table in my dad's office. this table is an antique, very very old, at least 100 years, used wooden dowels and pro bond and the stuff is more solid than it ever was.

USed the same stuff to repair some wooden stools in my dads house that were very wobbly and coming apart, they are more solid than when he bought them.

Alon

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Good thread!

Do the aformentioned products work for particleboard?

Had some painters over last week and they moved a contemporary armoire and somehow stressed one of the doors to the point where the lower hinge ripped right off the panel! I want to reglue the shims back into the panel and then rescrew the hinge. Doable?

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G-benz,

For your problem, the Gorrilla (polyester?) glue is not dense enough to hold a screw in it. I think Epoxy would be a better fit for that application.

Chuck

Thanks Chuck! I'll try that!

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