Gluing oily woods

[Anonymous]

I have some cocobolo to glue up, I have read various items regarding the need to wipe off the oils with a solvent and using epoxy seems to be recommended most commonly.

Main problems are that acetone is most commonly recommended and this is not easy to source here in the UK - anyone know any alternatives?

And is epoxy best?

 

[Alf]

Isn't nail varnish remover acetone? :-k Steve Knight, who does more than a little gluing up of exotics, seems to recommend freshly milled/sanded stock and using Gorrilla Glue. Some stuff here, fwiw.

Cheers, Alf

 

[johnelliott]

Cellulose thinners, avalable in quantity from paint suppliers, and as Alf said, nail varnish remover, are pretty much the same thing as acetone, if not exactly the same thing
John

 

[aldel]

Acetone is very easy to obtain. Look up your nearest glass fibre and resin supplier, boatbuilders, canoe makers etc. Strand Glass used to be national suppliers. Sold in 5 litre cans as brush cleaner for polyester resin and is cheap!

Aldel

 

[jasonB]

Just to follow on from what aldel says, buy the brush cleaner which is reclained acetone and is a lot cheaper than the pure acetone. Look in yellow pages for your nearest stockist of Fibre Glass materials.

Jason