He’s got two long articles about bamboo. If you are used to epon, it might catch you by surprise. (Dave Burley). (Doug Easton). Approximately 50% of resorcinol is used in rubber products. Staples should be removed from all gussets. Most of the books are still there but a few have been rescued and with me now and one of them is A Masters Guide To Building A Bamboo Fly Rod by a guy called Carmichael, some of you may have a copy. Maybe we just to need to find a chemist and convince him somehow that its worth the effort. When choosing glues, find one that is readily available, and one that you are positive you can trust with your life. Failure can cross the glue line, but the glue line cannot be the failure point. Since I didn't need a gallon, I resisted the urge to buy it until I found it on Aircraft Spruce's website, in quart kits, for $65. Glued laminated timber, also abbreviated glulam, is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives. Urac has a similar MSDS. The resulting glue lines are still the characteristic resorcinol plum brown, but they seem thinner and less noticeable at this early stage than ordinary resorcinol glue lines. All customers get FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. "Moisture content of wood is most important and should be from 8-16%, preferably within the 10-12% range". Emphasis must be placed on “small nails” as their job is only to lightly secure the gusset to the joint until the epoxy or glue dries. Wonder if anyone who uses resorcinol has used it on darkly flamed cane and/or on impregnated rods and seen any color variations as a result? Choosing the right glue will help a quick fix last longer. Considering the problems I had with nodeless rods using every other glue that's really saying something but the sentence in "the bible" about it being purple prob stopped a lot of people from even considering it and I tended to try to get to the bottom of what this purple thing was to the point that I was convinced that half the world was calling what I saw as claret purple. I assume not, but I've never tried it. Oil based stains aren't effective on bamboo, so I doubt there is any harm to any finish from whatever glue you choose to use. Tricky but doable. The principal advantage of the copolymer resins over straight resorcinol resins is their significantly lower cost; the price of phenol is much lower than resorcinol. When I received it, I was pleasantly surprised to have a quart of each, hardener and resin. Eye contact can result in corneal damage or blindness. Somewhere there must be an optimal time to do this. There are many adhesive substances that are considered or commonly referred to as "glue". They don’t show right away, but show up a couple months later. CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS: Not available. I was hoping for the Medium cure but there was no choice or indication on the Aircraft Spruce page. Resorcinol adhesives have undoubtedly become established as reliable construction adhesives since they combine ease of use with the advantages of high strength, durability and long storage life. If they don't have resorcinol, it would only be because most people would prefer epoxy for most applications where you would need the other. Probably, if it weren't for the color, ALL of us would be using the glue. I mix by volume, and use plastic disposable picnic teaspoons. does it have the same character as wood... just a question! This has been confirmed by Wolfram Schott. You can get Cascophen PRF in small quantities in the US from Aircraft Spruce. Then I started examining close after first varnish. I read somewhere that Resorcinol glues actually go into the power fibers 0.002>0.003" resulting in glue lines. Shipping isn't cheap on this stuff. As a further newbie inquiry, can anyone compare/contrast the uses of URAC and resorcinol? I don't know. We specialized in reproducing custom redwood windows, doors, sash and other millwork for victorian homes. (Vince Brannick), This is an interesting observation about the purple color being due to the glue sinking into the cane. Anything at 5% or under is considered excessively dry & liable to spontaneously combust.