glueing phenolic, help needed!

[critman]

Wans't sure what to use for glue up on phenolic so I roughed it up, scored it and then wiped and re-wiped phenolic and osage block with 91% alcohol. Used unibond. Put on the long string and went to tiller tree just to check things out. Tiller looked good at short pull so I took it down and was going to exercise the limbs some and check weight. 1 short pull, 2 short pull and whap! Riser falls off. I have never had this problem with wood to wood and TBIII. What in the world do you glue this stuff up with? I have used small pieces for limb tips and used epoxy with no problems. Would like to put a piece on the back just for looks. Can you use epoxy to glue phenolic to wood?

[macbow]

I think smooth on would be the best.
Always thought unibond probably would not work.

[Al Dean]

I sand it with 120 grit then wipe with acetone and use smooth-on.  Never had it fail.

[Mike Most]

x3 smooth on

[bigbob2]

X4 smooth on, no failures at all apart from human intervention      rough it good with 40 grit and clean and away you go.

[LittleBen]

I second the smooth-on

epoxy and polymers = good choice.

Whenever you get into the non-porous and synthetic matierials like phenolic I'd personally be using epoxy. Lots of things bond wood ... plastic, not so much.

[D]

As far as I know Unibond is only for wood to wood glue joints.

[critman]

ooooo boy. Ima gonna get me some smooth on. I am not going through this again. Live and learn men, live and learn. Experience is the best teacher.

[Dan Bonner]

Bow snot... I mean smooth on.