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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 3244107, member: 12007"]The chair would have been assembled with hide glue - a traditional repair would be to use the same stuff but in practical terms you'd be better off with carpenters yellow glue and some clamps.</p><p>Gorilla glue is not what you should use even if you can get it. It is basically a cyanoacrylate glue marketed and marked up well beyond its true value and is identical to the thicker gel-like cyanoacrylate glues that the dollar stores sell. </p><p>Plus it has no gap filling qualities at all and relies on intimate surface contact for a strong bond. You aren't going to get that kind of fit fixing up some old chair![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 3244107, member: 12007"]The chair would have been assembled with hide glue - a traditional repair would be to use the same stuff but in practical terms you'd be better off with carpenters yellow glue and some clamps. Gorilla glue is not what you should use even if you can get it. It is basically a cyanoacrylate glue marketed and marked up well beyond its true value and is identical to the thicker gel-like cyanoacrylate glues that the dollar stores sell. Plus it has no gap filling qualities at all and relies on intimate surface contact for a strong bond. You aren't going to get that kind of fit fixing up some old chair![/QUOTE]
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