\nThe following is by my understanding.<\/p>\n
\nI usually buy glue at the dollar store: three I commonly buy are super glue (Krazy Glue and stuck<\/em> being two kinds), Fix-All, and Rapid Grip. Each has worked very well in situations where the other two seemingly couldn’t have.<\/p>\n \nLast night, I needed to salvage a board that seemed two pieces, but was actually milled as one. Yet, an end of it was compromised from water damage. (It had been in place for around 30 years.)<\/p>\n \nI needed to cut off the rotten part, then glue on a replacement piece. I still needed, afterwards, to work with the finished piece: darkness was approaching in about three hours, and the reconstructed board needed to be installed by then.<\/p>\n \nMy go-to, with wood outside, is Fix-All. However, as I learned last night, it doesn’t necessarily bond strongly in an hour; it likely takes more like 12 to 24 hours. Rapid Grip seemed to turn out similarly: the repair came undone after letting the glue dry for an hour, but then working with the board.<\/p>\n \nHaving tried those two glues, I had less than an hour left to try the repair again; it needed to work this time.<\/p>\n \nI know super glue works fast; the problem is that the kind I have is runny, so doesn’t work well with grainy surfaces, since it just penetrates the material so it’s not available on the surface. I sanded down the wood parts that needed to be glued together, hoping then they would be smooth enough to keep the super glue on the surface.<\/p>\n \nI applied the super glue to both sanded sides, then pressed together and left the repair under some weight for about five minutes. I was very happy to discover it held. Moreover, the repair continued to hold as the board was re-installed.<\/p>\n \nThis was a case where, of the glues I had on hand, only super glue could work, because of its rapidity of bonding.<\/p>\n