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    Do not use Accaglass, or any of the fast cure epoxies that you can get at home despot. they never harden hard and show up in the cracks. Good glues will match out with the finish.

    These are all top of the line products
    1. Resorcinol (Weldwood, Borden, etc.) . . . an excellent two-part waterproof glue. Mix by weight is 4 parts liquid to 1 part powder. Resorcinol glues require excellent joints and considerable clamping pressure to ensure good joints. Temperatures must be above 70° for a reliable cure. It is considered to be the most durable and best proven glue in the world.

    2. FPL-16A . . . a 10:1 mix epoxy . . . tricky to mix in small amounts. (Since it is a white glue an inspector might mistake it for an unacceptable white carpenter’s glue.)

    a. Aerolite, a urea-formaldehyde resin. Good but tricky to use. The Britishicon built bombers using this glue in WW-II. Mix powder with water to form paste. Apply paste to one surface and brush on a catalyst hardener on the other surface. If you forget to brush on the catalyst you may never realize it until a joint fails later.

    b. Plastic Resin (Weldwood, etc.) is also a urea-formaldehyde glue.
    Marty
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