Using Superglue to repair splits and cracks

[As the woodturns]

Hi All

Went to the International Woodworking show in Alexandra Palace in London
(UK, for those that did'nt know). I watched a turner (name forgotten)
turning a goblet and the wood had a split in the end. He used Superglue on
the split to repair it and mentioned that by doing this there would always
be a glue mark on the wood and that he had a method for getting rid of the
stain or mark.

Everyone waited with bated breath for this revelation.

His solution was to give the entire piece a coating of Superglue. The
audience burst out laughing. Bau it was a damn good piece of advise and a
bit of lateral thinking.

Regards

--
Trevor Pascall
As the Woodturns
http://www.intramix.net

[ed french]

A slightly less expensive method is to coat the piece with your
regular finish before it cracks. The CA glue won't discolor the wood
then.

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[R. Bruce Ferguson]

The turning group I go to had a demo on using super glue as the finish. He
had a piece of burl that was quartered. The bottom part was unfinished and
the side was done half in polyurethane and half is super glue
(cyanoacrylate). The figure on the super glue side just popped out. His
name is Bill Haskell. I don't know if he has a web site or not. He brought
some examples and they were beautiful. He basically put on a rubber glove
and used his finger to spread it. Then he went through sanding it. Now
allot of members are trying it. He does hollow forms and super glues the
outside before hollowing the inside. He says with this he can get very thin
walls. I checked and there are several sites that talk about this as a
finish.

Bruce

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[Tom Thorsen]

YOu didn't say how big the defect was but what I do on small splits
and cracks
is either:
1. Just apply an application of thin superglue, seal the crack and
keep on going. Turn and finish.
2. Same as above and fill with thick superglue, turn and finish.
3. pack defect with sawdust from turning, apply superglue to seal,
turn and finish.

The application of superglue to fix defects does not necessarily
negate the use of other types of finishes. I would hate to think that
some one fixed a defect and then thought he had to use superglue to
finish the turning. Properly done, the defect becomes invisible.

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[Mike Paulson]

This reminds me of the guy (Seinfeld?) who said if you spill coffee on
your shirt, wash the whole shirt in coffee.

-mike paulson, fort collins, co

[Mike Paulson]

I wish I could recall who it was, but one of the big name turners was
demonstrating at our club once and commented that some of the older
turnings in some famous collections had super glue repairs that were
failing. Apparently it is not archival on wood due to wood movement with
changes in the seasons. Has anyone else heard about this?

[john lucas]

Mike
I have experienced the problem with CA glue. I used to fix all sorts
of cracks and would glue the handles on my mirrors with the glue. I had
handles come loose and some of the larger cracks that were filled came
loose. the cracks usually came loose on one side only so they didn't fall
out and I don't think the customers noticed but I did. I still use CA for
small cracks but have changed to epoxy for larger gaps. I heat the epoxy so
it flows well. John