Re: [bolger] PL Premium test
I've been plying with the caulking tube version of PL. Had a failure that
needs to be reported. glued a small block of wood to un scuffed gel coat.
Didn't hold adequately. Other test have been very good.
Rennie
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needs to be reported. glued a small block of wood to un scuffed gel coat.
Didn't hold adequately. Other test have been very good.
Rennie
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>Subject: [bolger] PL Premium test
>Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 04:00:52 -0000
>
>Thanks to everyone to answer my questions about PL Premium and its
>various incarnations.
>
>I've had a chance to do a couple tests of the brown liquid PL Premium
>polyurethane I picked up last week at Home Depot.
>
>First, I glued together a couple pieces of 3/4-inch spruce in an L-
>shape. It was tightly clamped. When the glue had set, I inverted the
>L and whacked at the end with a hammer, putting a lot of leverage on
>the joint. It shattered after several hits, but it was the wood that
>splintered. The glued joint held completely.
>
>Impressed, I did the same test with 3/4-inch scraps of BC pine ply.
>This time it was clamped with one of those spring hand clamps. It was
>held firmly, but not as tigherly as with the other clamp. The result,
>however, was the same. The ply split (two layers from the joint) and
>the glue held perfectly.
>
>I'm impressed and am looking to do some further testing. But I
>already gone ahead and used it on a taberhacle I'm fitting to my
>daysailing catboat, although the glued-on part is also held with six
>bolts.
>
>This is a lot better than the Gorilla Glue I used to have. My only
>impression is the PL Premium "foams" up a lot less as it cures than
>did the Gorille concoction. Maybe that has something to do with the
>superior results.
>
>Gary Blankenship
>Tallahassee, FL
>
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The proof will be what happens after 5 years on a boat. If you
are using it above the water line and in an area that does not
get wet you should be fine.
I have called most of the makers of this kind of glue and they
are all very sure it is not to be used below the water line. It
may just be CYA but I would listen to them.
If it would pass the boiling and freezing cycles I might have more
faith in it but I would still be leary in joints that are always in
contact with the water.
Gordon Couger
Stillwater, OK
www.couger.com/gcouger
are using it above the water line and in an area that does not
get wet you should be fine.
I have called most of the makers of this kind of glue and they
are all very sure it is not to be used below the water line. It
may just be CYA but I would listen to them.
If it would pass the boiling and freezing cycles I might have more
faith in it but I would still be leary in joints that are always in
contact with the water.
Gordon Couger
Stillwater, OK
www.couger.com/gcouger
----- Original Message -----
From: Rennie Archibald <shineon2000@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [bolger] PL Premium test
> I've been plying with the caulking tube version of PL. Had a failure that
> needs to be reported. glued a small block of wood to un scuffed gel coat.
> Didn't hold adequately. Other test have been very good.
> Rennie
>
>
> >From:gbship@...
> >Reply-To:bolger@egroups.com
> >To:bolger@egroups.com
> >Subject: [bolger] PL Premium test
> >Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 04:00:52 -0000
> >
> >Thanks to everyone to answer my questions about PL Premium and its
> >various incarnations.
> >
> >I've had a chance to do a couple tests of the brown liquid PL Premium
> >polyurethane I picked up last week at Home Depot.
> >
> >First, I glued together a couple pieces of 3/4-inch spruce in an L-
> >shape. It was tightly clamped. When the glue had set, I inverted the
> >L and whacked at the end with a hammer, putting a lot of leverage on
> >the joint. It shattered after several hits, but it was the wood that
> >splintered. The glued joint held completely.
> >
> >Impressed, I did the same test with 3/4-inch scraps of BC pine ply.
> >This time it was clamped with one of those spring hand clamps. It was
> >held firmly, but not as tigherly as with the other clamp. The result,
> >however, was the same. The ply split (two layers from the joint) and
> >the glue held perfectly.
> >
> >I'm impressed and am looking to do some further testing. But I
> >already gone ahead and used it on a taberhacle I'm fitting to my
> >daysailing catboat, although the glued-on part is also held with six
> >bolts.
> >
> >This is a lot better than the Gorilla Glue I used to have. My only
> >impression is the PL Premium "foams" up a lot less as it cures than
> >did the Gorille concoction. Maybe that has something to do with the
> >superior results.
> >
> >Gary Blankenship
> >Tallahassee, FL
> >
>
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