Preparing Ipe

[Kyle Patterson]

Another rookie question. Last night i glued up some hickory backings on the Ipe boards. The backings were a little wider than the Ipe, so i went to shape them down to size tonight and i was able to peel the backing off (in pieces) quite easily. I used gorilla glue because i couldnt find anywhere around that sells titebond. So, what do i need to do next time to make sure my backings stick?

Thanks alot!
Kyle

[wood carver 2]

If you can't find TB3 locally, you can get it from Lee Valley Tools . There's one in Burlington, near Guelph line.
Dave.

[D]

Lowes sells TBIII.  I'm sure Home Depot does too.  I say get some Urac 185 from 3 rivers.  It does great on wood to wood.  Thats what I use on my Ipe.

[Kyle Patterson]

Ya, I couldn't find it at depot, but thanks for the tip on lee valley Dave. I'm just down the road so Ill get some tomorrow.
Thanks again!

[psychmonky]

Even amazon.com sells tb3. As mentioned above, our Lowes here has it in gallon jugs. I goggled it and found:

Lowes.com, homedepot.com, rockler.com, acehardware.com, grizzly.com, woodworker.com, and about 65 other.coms  had it.

Out of curiosity, did u use gorilla brand wood glue or plain old gorilla glue? I've never had an issue with their wood glue, but I have never used it on anything as oily as Ipe.

Scott

[tenbrook]

Try scoring the Ipe with a hacksaw blade before glue up.  Also bust out the acetone and give it a good scrubbing first to remove the oils.

Urac 185 is the best.  Next comes TBIII (which the do NOT stock at homedepot).  Last choice which works fine is TBII (they DO stock this at homedepot).

BTW BBI make the highest performing non-glass bow there is IMO.  You should be happy with the outcome.  Be sure to keep it real skinny though.  1.25" MAX!

Hope this helps.

Tenbrook

[Steve B.]

tenbrook,
i sent you a PM.

[macbow]

Tenbrook, The scoring is great with Urac but I'd use a smooth surface for the TB111. Urac is gap filling and my preferred glue. Tightbond does not fill gaps well.
Ron

[beetlebailey1977]

I agree titebond does not fill gaps well at all....needs a smooth surface, and don't starve the joint for glue by over clamping.

[fujimo]

i have glued up numerous ipe/hickory bows- i way prefer the urac- so user friendly- and the glue line blends well into the ipe- no unsightly glue line- like when i glued up a hickory/yew bow.
 i keep the tb111 for my silk backings!