Wood glue in cold temperatures.... HELP
Posted: Thu 21 Nov, 2013 9:53 pm
Since I have been working from home I find that my workshop is forever cold, especially now that the weather has turned chilly recently.
Normal wood glue works perfectly over a certain temperature, they say 10 degrees, but of course overnight icy temperatures kill this idea straight away.
The glue turns grainy, the wood is icy cold too, so when using one with the other the joints do not set.
I cannot afford to heat the garage workshop overnight, and likewise it becomes a bit of a daft idea to take my cut moulding pieces indoors until they warm up along with the pot of glue, which I do take inside.
How do you cope with this problem, and is there an alternative to the pva type glue we usually use?
I once used something called Cascamite, do you have any experience with this in winter?
The problem is that the moulding gets cold too, and that is probably the bigger hurdle to overcome.
Normal wood glue works perfectly over a certain temperature, they say 10 degrees, but of course overnight icy temperatures kill this idea straight away.
The glue turns grainy, the wood is icy cold too, so when using one with the other the joints do not set.
I cannot afford to heat the garage workshop overnight, and likewise it becomes a bit of a daft idea to take my cut moulding pieces indoors until they warm up along with the pot of glue, which I do take inside.
How do you cope with this problem, and is there an alternative to the pva type glue we usually use?
I once used something called Cascamite, do you have any experience with this in winter?
The problem is that the moulding gets cold too, and that is probably the bigger hurdle to overcome.