Steve Maskery
Established Member
I've not done a lot of woodworking in the last couple of years as I lost my workshop and haven't found its successor yet, but I do one day a week at a Community Workshop to keep my hand in and help others along the way.
The standard glue there is PVA that takes an age to cure, whereas I'm used to glue-it-clamp-it-carry-on-with-it stuff. For some years I've used WudCare PVA. It's great for general purpose gluing. Good quality, fast, and costs much less than, for example, Titebond or Evostick equivalents. Not so suitable for long open-time complex glue-ups, perhaps, but great for everything else.
My mate Jim lives next door to a woody retailer and he got me a bottle of Wudcare. Great. except that the top is now just a plain nozzle. Once punctured there is no closing it again. No cap, no cover of any kind. Nothing. Being a bit miffed that the manufacturer had spoiled a ship for the ha'p'orth of tar, I rang them up. The lady who answered offered :
<brummie accent> Stick a ni-al in it </brummie accent>
When I pointed out what a poor solution this was I was put though to someone more senior, who said it was probably a factory issue, using whatever tops were available at the time. He suggested a galvanised nail (presumably anticipating my point that a nail rusts, swells and generally knackers up the nozzle and the glue around it). I did refrain from pointing out that generally I make furniture which does not have galvanised nails as part of its construction.
There are excellent bottle closures available. What a great shame that such an excellent product is let down by a complete indifference to the issue of how useable it is in practice.
S
The standard glue there is PVA that takes an age to cure, whereas I'm used to glue-it-clamp-it-carry-on-with-it stuff. For some years I've used WudCare PVA. It's great for general purpose gluing. Good quality, fast, and costs much less than, for example, Titebond or Evostick equivalents. Not so suitable for long open-time complex glue-ups, perhaps, but great for everything else.
My mate Jim lives next door to a woody retailer and he got me a bottle of Wudcare. Great. except that the top is now just a plain nozzle. Once punctured there is no closing it again. No cap, no cover of any kind. Nothing. Being a bit miffed that the manufacturer had spoiled a ship for the ha'p'orth of tar, I rang them up. The lady who answered offered :
<brummie accent> Stick a ni-al in it </brummie accent>
When I pointed out what a poor solution this was I was put though to someone more senior, who said it was probably a factory issue, using whatever tops were available at the time. He suggested a galvanised nail (presumably anticipating my point that a nail rusts, swells and generally knackers up the nozzle and the glue around it). I did refrain from pointing out that generally I make furniture which does not have galvanised nails as part of its construction.
There are excellent bottle closures available. What a great shame that such an excellent product is let down by a complete indifference to the issue of how useable it is in practice.
S
I use the tesco own brand ketchup bottles for glue. Nice snap closure lid. Self closing outlet on the top itself. Nice squareish bottle fits in my tool bag nicely 
