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   MaxYak | Jan 13, 2008 01:45am | #1

   I have made several cedar kayak paddles that were made by edge-gluing three (relatively skinny) boards.  In short, it's pretty much the same application as gluing cedar boards to make a panel, except the moisture exposure is more severe, as are the wracking forces.

   I use gorilla glue for these glue-ups with no special prep (other than jointing and wetting the edges, of course) and have never had a hint of a failure of the glue joints.

   This has worked for both Western Red Cedar and Yellow Cedar.

       Mike

   To the man with a hammer, all the world is a nail.
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   furndr | Jan 13, 2008 04:21pm | #2

   Mike, thanks for the info. I'm not a big fan of gorilla glue, but if it works on cedar then I guess that's what I'll use. 

   Thanks again for your response.

   Dan

    

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   joinerswork | Jan 13, 2008 04:31pm | #3

   dr,

   You can use white or yellow glue on eastern red cedar.  I've glued up many a drawer bottom and blanket chest bottom with titebond.

   I'd avoid the gorilla glue for this job.  Can't imagine many things more messy than repairing veneer with gorilla glue.  You can, probably should, use hide glue for the veneer repair if that's what was used originally.  If water resistance is an issue, I'd use titebond III.

   Ray

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   furndr | Jan 14, 2008 01:06am | #5

   Ray,

   Thanks, that's what I wanted to hear. I too have used white and yellow glue on small cedar repairs (after cleaning the areas to be joined with lacquer thinner) but never an area as large as what I'm confronted with here.

   Dan

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   forestgirl | Jan 13, 2008 07:25pm | #4

   Cedar chests have been around a whole lot longer than Gorilla glue, surely it (and its attendant messiness) isn't necessary to complete your restoration project.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   furndr | Jan 14, 2008 01:10am | #6

   Forestgirl,

   Thanks to you (and Ray) I can forget the gorilla glue! 

   I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

   Dan