elmers glue

[ROB.M]

Tips

It's also a common practice here and overseas to use contact cement.


Rob.M

 

[louieatienza]

Not all white glue is ELMER's GLUE.
I wonder if that repair person was really using Elmer's.
There's even a water-based contact cement from Europe that is white.
I know one world famous boot maker uses and sells it.

They sell it at the big box stores too. It's used a lot for residential installation of laminates (Formica, WIlsonart, Nevamar, etc...) Every year there seems to be a home explosion somewhere where the installers (a good percentage unwitting homeowners and not-so-smart contractors) decide to relaminate countertops, using the common Weldwood contact cement, not realizing the fumes are highly flammable and sink to the ground, and don't shut off the boiler and/or hot water heater and the windows aren't open...

 

[BarenbruggeCues]

The only place I see a good use for it is for the glue for Irish Linen wraps. The glue we used for tips in the 1970's and early 80s was wood glue.

I stand corrected and should have said on the end of the shaft. Elmers works wonderfully on linen and a few other wraps.

 

[acnva1]

i did a quick search for elmers and didn't find the answer. i know a very reputable cue maker who exclusively uses white elmers for putting on tips. super glues obviously harden and having this brittle substance in between a shaft and a tip just makes no sense. anybody else use elmers for tips? i know a lot of people use epoxy, but i've literally watched this guy do a tip in 10 mins with elmers.


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I am pretty sure the mentioned "reputable cue maker" uses Elmers Glue All which is more permanent than regular Elmers white glue.

 

[GBCues]

I am pretty sure the mentioned "reputable cue maker" uses Elmers Glue All which is more permanent than regular Elmers white glue.

I'm glad to see you are going back through past topics and posts here, but d
o you realize you are responding to a thread that is almost 6 years old?

 

[acnva1]

I'm glad to see you are going back through past topics and posts here, but d
o you realize you are responding to a thread that is almost 6 years old?

Yes I did realize that. Just wanted to give some more information in case someone else reads it. There are a lot of posts on here that are ongoing. I don't really see the problem unless it is in the "wanted / for sale" section.