Titebond Original vs Titebond III

[Alan]

I notice that the Stewmac catalogue now has Titebond III as well as Titebond Original, They state it has longer work times. I would be interesting in hearing from experienced builders who are or have used Titebond III. What are the + and - of each.
Alan

[charangohabsburg]

These are two totally different glues. Titebond III is water proof, quite a bit heat resistant, never hardens completely, and its color is brown instead of the Titebond I yellow. I have used Titebond III for gluing up purfling lines that had to undergo some serious bending, which surely also could have been done using Titebond I and a bit of care, but I doubt if I could have gotten off and again on the glued-up purfling on the once finished instrument if I had used any other glue than Titebond III. So if you are planning some mess-ups of this kind, Titebond III is the way to go.

[sleake]

Titebond III is a really nice glue, I use it heaps on furniture and kitchen stuff - cutting boards etc and hollow timber surfboards. Made a fishing net with it too. Waterproof glue without the messy foam of polyurethane or hassle of epoxy - big plus.

However guitars don't generally need to be waterproof, and the high heat resistance makes repairs difficult.

I could imagine that the heat resistance would be great for jobs like laminating sides before/during bending but have never done anything like it so could be wrong.

Also dries much darker/black when there is a gap in the joint so a bit more visible than original.

[kiwigeo]

Titebond III for bindings with purfs where some heat may be used for bending. For everything Titebond I or in my case a mixture of Titebond !. Epoxy (where I don't want any moisture in the joint) or hide glue (if high chance of the joint needing reversal (eg top and back).

[kiwigeo]

Titebond III for bindings with purfs where some heat may be used for bending. For everything Titebond I or in my case a mixture of Titebond !. Epoxy (where I dont want any moisture in the joint) or hide glue (if high chance of the joint needing reversal (eg top and back).