Wood glue for cold temperatures

[RogerS]

Has anyone had any experience with this glue ?

https://www.dortechdirect.co.uk/wood-glue-winter-465.html?srsltid=AfmBOopna3h_bjKn9Sj64mqQwAEttM9HIKEyjLmbwBQgGMk-Gmw7ymdu

I need a glue to work in very cold temperatures as I can't glue the door up indoors and in the workshop the brass monkey's singing castrati.

TIA

 

[Eric the Viking]

As long as you can prevent actual freezing, Titebond 3 works for me. It just takes a bit longer than normal.

I think Ollie Bradshaw uses foaming PU glue in pretty cold conditions, too (the sort that comes in a caulking-gun tube).

 

[Woodbloke]

It's a problem Rog, but there is a way round it. I use a very el cheapo single 'lecky blanket from Silent Night (or similar) and then cover the whole project with one of the kid's old childhood duvets. I use TB3 now almost exclusively and once the job's been covered with the blanket and duvet, it gets quite toasty after only a short time - Rob

 

[RogerS]

Nice idea but ….

My wallet is superglued together to shell out for a blanket Rob. Even a cheapie. Plus no duvet. The last old one went in the last skip.

 

[Accipiter]

At the price shown I'd suggest that it's worth buying to experiment with - don't know what post/carriage charges would be?

Although they say, going from the description, it's "frost proof" they also say usable to -10° ... I'd doubt you'd get to -10° in the place you're gluing up.

 

[RogerS]

The question is now academic……see the Simple door thread

 

[Trevanion]

For future reference, polyurethane glues work well in the cold, but the cure time does suffer, and it's a bit thicker to come out of the bottle or tube. If you pop a polyurethane glue bottle in the microwave for a few seconds, it warms it up well and makes it more liquid, so it's easier to apply. You can also submerge the bottle in a bucket of warm water, but the microwave is much faster and doesn't seem to affect the bond strength. I've been doing it for years during the colder days.