Glue MDF: Is it really necessary

[drpeeb 10+ year member]

search motherfucker.

Oh shit, I never thought of that. I did dude ... Searched "glue", read a bunch of the threads, never found the answer to these questions, put the way I put them.

And if it bothers you, the question's right there in the **** in the title ... Don't ****in' click on it. I didn't trick you with words in the title. I'd have to say you're the mother ****er for clicking on a question that pisses you off because you feel it's been asked before. So it easy to solve that problem.

 

[ItalynStylion 10+ year member]

When you stated that you might take it apart and change it...what did you mean by that? Change it how?

As many have said, glue it for sure. The nails/screws are just to hold the boards in place long enough to let the glue dry. You never will fully understand how amazingly strong wood glue bonds two pieces of wood until you have glued two pieces together, let them dry, and then realized you screwed up and need to get them apart. It's like solid iron! You will literally, I shit you not, break the two pieces of wood before the glue will fail. That's how strong it is. Now imagine that on every edge of your box. Not at 4" increments like your screws, but every single square inch of contact area between two boards.

THAT....is why you NEED glue

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Oh shit, I never thought of that. I did dude ... Searched "glue", read a bunch of the threads, never found the answer to these questions, put the way I put them.
And if it bothers you, the question's right there in the **** in the title ... Don't ****in' click on it. I didn't trick you with words in the title. I'd have to say you're the mother ****er for clicking on a question that pisses you off because you feel it's been asked before. So it easy to solve that problem.

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looks like you're the one that's pissed.

You **** at searching.

glue

wood glue

enclosure build

box build

glue joints

glue bond.

motherfucker

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

without glue it will leak Period. i use liquid nails on every box i make.

Liquid nails = huge can o' fail

Titebond ftw.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Liquid nails = huge can o' fail
Titebond ftw.

liquid fails.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Oh shit, I never thought of that. I did dude ... Searched "glue", read a bunch of the threads, never found the answer to these questions, put the way I put them.
And if it bothers you, the question's right there in the **** in the title ... Don't ****in' click on it. I didn't trick you with words in the title. I'd have to say you're the mother ****er for clicking on a question that pisses you off because you feel it's been asked before. So it easy to solve that problem.

So what if something has been posted before. I learn a lot of stuff from just scanning the new posts and clicking on what catches my eye. I think most every one else that don't know every thing yet learns a lot that way as well. It's hard to search for things you never heard of. Although in this case I have heard of gluing the box lol.

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

titebond rocks but I like gorilla on the plywood. I like brads better than staples, the stapler just for me was harder to get the depth right and more prone to splitting mdf. for plywood it works fine but I use screws on plywood.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Agreed, liquid nails isnt the best route for sure...titebond is a fantastic wood glue, you'd be very hard-pressed to top it.

 

[sound giant 10+ year member]

so how do you not get a whole thru the wood when screwing it in blind spots?

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

so how do you not get a whole thru the wood when screwing it in blind spots?

wat? I like to use glue throughout the whole box.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Titebond II, use it.

nG

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

and predrill if you're using screws, otherwise you're asking for split MDF.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

low powered system you might not hear a difference, but if there's even a 1/32" gap, you will lose output. if this is for 1,000w+, glue it.

 

[drpeeb 10+ year member]

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looks like you're the one that's pissed.

You **** at searching.

glue

wood glue

enclosure build

box build

glue joints

glue bond.

motherfucker

Just confused: When you read my thread title, which is very clearly stated, why the hell would you even waste your time clicking on it when you "know" so **** sure that it's already been answered??????? Seems like it was so you could come in here and type for everybody to see how smart you are knowing that my question has already been asked and answered and hammer on me that I'm a dumb mother ****er for not being able to successfully search at your superior level. Guess I'm actually not confused.

 

[drpeeb 10+ year member]

When you stated that you might take it apart and change it...what did you mean by that? Change it how?
As many have said, glue it for sure. The nails/screws are just to hold the boards in place long enough to let the glue dry. You never will fully understand how amazingly strong wood glue bonds two pieces of wood until you have glued two pieces together, let them dry, and then realized you screwed up and need to get them apart. It's like solid iron! You will literally, I shit you not, break the two pieces of wood before the glue will fail. That's how strong it is. Now imagine that on every edge of your box. Not at 4" increments like your screws, but every single square inch of contact area between two boards.

THAT....is why you NEED glue

The thing is ... with no glue at all right now, only screws, my box is holding together great. I did pre-drill the screw holes. So, why do I need it to be glued if it's holding together great right now?

I could understand this if you only put screws in the corners, or like every foot, but mine are 4" apart.

Now, for the sealing issue ... I think I will just caulk the interior joints; Caulk can be removed later.