Box bracing?

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

I might do a test one day when if I have some extra wood.

But Ive built quite a few boxes out of Titebond and Liquid Nails. Both broke the MDF before the glue joint. From my experiences they are both good for adhesive, but the LN is a little stronger and much easier to work with being thick. Its nice when youre working on a wall or a hugeeee box to squirt a handfull of LN, hop inside the box and them take fingerfulls and smear it anywhere that needs to be sealed up or smoothed out.

 

[bassman3 10+ year member]

lol at people thinking liquid nails is stronger than wood glue when it comes to wood.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Have you actually ever built a box with it? Not seen someone do it, or seen a box built with it, but actually built one yourself?

 

[JBLCAMRY 10+ year member]

Have you actually ever built a box with it? Not seen someone do it, or seen a box built with it, but actually built one yourself?

tried liquid nails once, not even close to the same bonding strength as Titebond when it comes to wood. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Yea, if you did a legit pull-apart test with a weight sensor and everything like the wood magazine tests Id bet money on the wood glue winning hands down.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Have you actually ever built a box with it? Not seen someone do it, or seen a box built with it, but actually built one yourself?

I started with liquid nails. There is no comparison in strength. The fact that people on here think that there is means that they simply are wasting money and don't understand the simplest of science: wood glue is meant to glue wood.

 

[bassman3 10+ year member]

when i first started out building I used LN on my first couple of boxes to test it out. Yes, it easy easier to work with, but, it is definitely not as strong as titebond, which is what i switched to and use on all my enclosures now. I cannot believe this is even a discussion. If LN was stronger, dont you think any professional (enclosure builder or cabinet maker) would be using it?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I think the reason why people are thinking LN or polyurethane glues are stronger is because they're using them differently. You need to clamp wood glue joints for the duration of the drying process. Whether that's with a clamp or with a screw it doesn't matter. Unclamped, it's strong, but not likely to be stronger than a construction adhesive. When clamped properly, NOTHING and I mean absolutely NOTHING is stronger for gluing wood. That's not my opinion, it is legitimate 100% FACT. One more time? When used as directed, wood glue will make the STRONGEST bond of any adhesive when gluing wood.

Arguing otherwise shows that you either haven't been using the glue properly or you are stubborn. As I said before: this isn't about car audio, it's about woodworking. We just happen to work with wood that needs to be glued together, so I hope that people would start either listening or stop telling others that more expensive and less effective products are better.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I have built houses before and used plenty of pl before and I still use wood glue for my boxes

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Im using liquid nails on the box im building right now. The double baffle is clamped and drying over night....Ill see how it compares to the other 4 boxs in my garage