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Glue that will adhere to melamine?

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Greg Guarino

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:01:55 AM3/19/12
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I added some oak trim to some black melamine shelves a few years ago,
using some sort of glue, maybe it was Titebond. Hey, it stuck for a
while. But then the weight of the stuff my daughter put on the shelves
made the shelves want to bow a bit; the oak trim was not as pliable.

It's funny in retrospect that people here recommend using pieces of
melamine with clamps while gluing up a project, specifically for its
"glue-repelling" qualities. Oh well.

What should I use this time?

John McGaw

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:18:03 AM3/19/12
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I've used Roo Glue (yeah that is really the name although I don't think
they make it from roos) and it works great. It was the product suggested by
the company that made a bunch of KD Euro cabinet boxes for me and it
really lived up to expectations. If this is an application where you never
expect the melamine surface to show its face again I'd think that you could
just sand it with 80-grit and use regular Gorilla glue (not made from ...)
and be done with it.

Robatoy

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:42:32 AM3/19/12
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Ultimately, nothing sticks to melamine. You can get some
(fake)adhesion from some glues, but there is no real 'adhesion through
penetration/absorption' IOW, a real bond isn't formed, but a seal to
stop the air from crawling into the joint, is.
If one were to find an adhesive that truly bonded to melamine, the
entire cabinet industry would beat a path to your door.

mkr5000

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:53:45 AM3/19/12
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3M high strength 90 spray adhesive I'm sure will work.

Maybe even 77.

John McGaw

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Mar 19, 2012, 1:24:36 PM3/19/12
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On 3/19/2012 10:53 AM, mkr5000 wrote:
> 3M high strength 90 spray adhesive I'm sure will work.
>
> Maybe even 77.

I used 99 to adhere paper-backed veneer to a melamine-over-particle-board
cabinet side. It failed in a couple of years and started blistering so my
method of covering a mistake cost me even more in the end. 99 is great
(although messy) stuff but I only use it for less critical purposes now.

Leon

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Mar 19, 2012, 2:27:04 PM3/19/12
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I wish melamine did actually repel glue, my TS extension table is
melamine and I have chunks of the melamine missing where the glue stuck
during a glue up.

Leon

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Mar 19, 2012, 2:28:20 PM3/19/12
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HEY! How do they get the melamine to stick to the substrate??? :~)

Robatoy

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Mar 19, 2012, 2:34:21 PM3/19/12
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Heat. Before it cures. Once cured, nothing sticks to it, like
polyethylene. You can get some nasty glues, like Gorilla to stick to,
as you could with silicon, but a true 'bond' nope. I have used a
lacquer-based adhesive that stuck pretty damned good, but in the end,
not a good bond, like you'd get glueing two pieces of oak. I have also
pulled scabs of melamine off the the substrate, but never would I call
it a mechanical, trustworthy 'bond'.

CW

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Mar 19, 2012, 3:28:30 PM3/19/12
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"Leon" wrote in message
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Not very well, as you have found out.

Richard

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Mar 19, 2012, 4:14:37 PM3/19/12
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On 3/19/2012 9:01 AM, Greg Guarino wrote:
I've been using G-Flex for a while now.
Pricy, but it is actually made for bonding plastics.
It has replaced T-88 as my epoxy of choice.

So far I'm very impressed. Worth the money.


http://www.westsystem.com/ss/g-flex-epoxy/

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/tough-flexible-g-flex-offers-superior-grip/

dadiOH

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Mar 19, 2012, 6:05:35 PM3/19/12
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You used the oak on the edges? If so, you need to either make shorter or
stiffer shelves or afix the trim mechanically as well as with glue. By
"mechanically" I mean screws or dowels/biscuits.

If you were trying to stick the wood to the melamine surface and not the
edge then you need to remove the melamine where the wood is going to go - I
use a router - and then glue normally.

There is a glue supposedly made to glue to melamine, never used it, no idea
if good or bad. Regular glue *does* stick to it, just not well.

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Robatoy

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Mar 19, 2012, 6:21:13 PM3/19/12
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So-called Melamine glue does work, just not well. Only a tad better
than regular glue.
Sortakinda like aluminum solder..works..kinda.

Larry Jaques

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Mar 19, 2012, 9:44:55 PM3/19/12
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:27:04 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:
I wonder if paste wax would help. Worth a try, wot?

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Mike Marlow

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:06:53 PM3/19/12
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Robatoy wrote:

>
> Ultimately, nothing sticks to melamine. You can get some
> (fake)adhesion from some glues, but there is no real 'adhesion through
> penetration/absorption' IOW, a real bond isn't formed, but a seal to
> stop the air from crawling into the joint, is.
> If one were to find an adhesive that truly bonded to melamine, the
> entire cabinet industry would beat a path to your door.

One word... BOOGERS!

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Robatoy

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:11:32 PM3/19/12
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On Mar 19, 10:06 pm, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREM...@windstream.net>
wrote:
> mmarlowREM...@windstream.net

Big, fat, dripping, juicy boogers.

Mike Marlow

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Mar 19, 2012, 11:21:55 PM3/19/12
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Robatoy wrote:

>
> Big, fat, dripping, juicy boogers.

Yeah! But these newfangled Festool guys don't understand the timeless
techniques that "real" woodworkers have employed for centuries...

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Richard

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Mar 20, 2012, 1:56:16 AM3/20/12
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Ok, Doctor Fever...

Now ye ARE gone git in trouble..

chaniarts

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Mar 20, 2012, 6:59:39 PM3/20/12
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On 3/19/2012 3:21 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Mar 19, 6:05 pm, "dadiOH"<dad...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> Greg Guarino wrote:
>>> I added some oak trim to some black melamine shelves a few years ago,
>>> using some sort of glue, maybe it was Titebond. Hey, it stuck for a
>>> while. But then the weight of the stuff my daughter put on the shelves
>>> made the shelves want to bow a bit; the oak trim was not as pliable.
>>
>>> It's funny in retrospect that people here recommend using pieces of
>>> melamine with clamps while gluing up a project, specifically for its
>>> "glue-repelling" qualities. Oh well.
>>
>>> What should I use this time?
>>
>> You used the oak on the edges? If so, you need to either make shorter or
>> stiffer shelves or afix the trim mechanically as well as with glue. By
>> "mechanically" I mean screws or dowels/biscuits.
>>
>> If you were trying to stick the wood to the melamine surface and not the
>> edge then you need to remove the melamine where the wood is going to go - I
>> use a router - and then glue normally.
>>
>> There is a glue supposedly made to glue to melamine, never used it, no idea
>> if good or bad. Regular glue *does* stick to it, just not well.
>>
>> --
>>
>> dadiOH
>> ____________________________
>>
>> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
>> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
>> LP/cassette and tips& tricks on this and that.
>> Get it athttp://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
> So-called Melamine glue does work, just not well. Only a tad better
> than regular glue.
> Sortakinda like aluminum solder..works..kinda.

i wonder if vhb tape would work. i've never been able to get it off
anything without cutting it off.

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Mar 7, 2020, 11:43:10 AM3/7/20
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Your best bet would be to biscuit the trim
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