I’m edge glueing some white pine using elmer’s carppenters wood glue. I routed a glue joint to add a little more surface area. Ordinarily, I’m not in much of a rush, but in this case, I’m hoping to be done by this evening. Once dry, I need to cut the pieces to length do some other operations. How long should I leave these clamped before doing further maching on these pieces?
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What does is say on the label of the product? I'm sure there is where you will find the info.
Keep in mind that there is what is called "clamp time" which is not dry and cure time. Clamp time can be an hour or less but generally one should not stress the joint for 24 hours or so.
Quickstep ,
I use Titebond but it is also an aliphatic resin glue . Howie pretty much layed it out for you , but I would add to it the temperature in the drying area is most critical in all cases and where short clamp time is used even moreso.
These glues will not dry properly in colder temps and when you see a chalky looking excess glue this is can be an indication of trouble caused from low temp .
I have been know to un clamp in as little as a couple of hours but do so to free up more clamps in multiple glue ups. I don't surface or work the freshly un clamped pieces until the glue has had time to cure in most cases 24 hours will do the trick with Titebond .
Try not to rush it dusty
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