the.com/wood glue
The joint it makes is often stronger than the wood around it.
means A strong adhesive used to bond pieces of wood together, typically a PVA-based formula that soaks into the grain and hardens as it dries.
from Woodworking adhesives go back to ancient animal-hide and fish glues, boiled from collagen and prized for centuries. The modern 'wood glue' most people know—white or yellow PVA—dates to 20th-century advances in synthetic polymer chemistry, when polyvinyl acetate emulsions were developed as cleaner, faster, easily washable alternatives to the old hot animal glues. The name itself is just plain description: glue, made or chosen for wood.
- actual strength
- glue bond can outlast the wood fibers themselves
- main ingredient
- polyvinyl acetate, same family as school paste
- how it works
- water leaves, wood swells, fibers lock together
- pro tip
- clamping pressure matters more than how much you use