Has anyone used gorilla wood glue?

TwinBass · #1 05-13-2011, 06:29 PM

My dad bought me a little tube, and before I perform minor surgery on my baby, I thought I'd ask if anyone has used it before.

I need to glue in a strap button that keeps pulling out. I was taught to dip a toothpick in wood glue, stick it in the hole and screw in the strap button. If there is a better way to fix this, I'm all ears. If gorilla wood glue is bad for this, I'm also all ears. I want to do this right.. Like I said, this is my baby I'm talking about.

I'm sorry if this has been covered before, taking care of 4 year old twins doesn't leave much time for googling...

JLS · #2 05-13-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TwinBass

My dad bought me a little tube, and before I perform minor surgery on my baby, I thought I'd ask if anyone has used it before.

I need to glue in a strap button that keeps pulling out. I was taught to dip a toothpick in wood glue, stick it in the hole and screw in the strap button. If there is a better way to fix this, I'm all ears. If gorilla wood glue is bad for this, I'm also all ears. I want to do this right.. Like I said, this is my baby I'm talking about.

I'm sorry if this has been covered before, taking care of 4 year old twins doesn't leave much time for googling...

I hate that stuff. Messy, expands & foams, IMPOSSIBLE to remove, when dry. Use toothpicks & Titebond, or a similar woodglue.

TwinBass · #3 05-13-2011, 06:37 PM

Awesome, thanks for the quick response. I kinda suspected that having used regular gorilla glue, but I thought I'd ask about their wood glue. I have some tite-bond so I'll use that with confidence.

Again, thank you.

Jazzdogg · #4 05-13-2011, 06:39 PM

If you're talking about urethane Gorilla glue, I'm with JLS. It starts to go bad as soon as you expose the contents to oxygen, the foam can push pieces apart, it creates a mess and stays on your hands for a long time, and it's not as strong as white or yellow glue.

However, they also make an ordinary wood glue under the Gorilla label. The bottles I've seen are transparent; if the glue inside is a semi-transparent amber or brown color, run, Forrest, run! If it looks like ordinary white or yellow glue, go ahead and use it.

EricssonB · #5 05-13-2011, 06:39 PM

Yeah, I've used it. When I built my guitar's body I pressed two pieces of wood together, hamburger-style with a thin veneer wood between them, like the cheese slice. All of the surfaces were wiped with an even coating of GG and pressed together with some gnarly clamps. Worked great.

...probably not at all the same idea though...

dannster · #6 05-13-2011, 06:48 PM

I love it and use it for strap buttons quite a bit. If it's a giant foaming mess, you used too much. a little goes a long long way.
I usually just dip the head of the screw in the bottle and screw it in. Never had one back out that has been 'gorrilla'd'.

TwinBass · #7 05-13-2011, 09:20 PM

It's nice to hear other opinions about the gorilla. The tube my pops bought me is the white stuff designed for wood, and I only ever use a tiny bit. I'm just nervous about using glues I've got no experience with on my baby ('92 Stingray5). I'll stick to regular tite-bond for now and maybe try the gorilla on one of my other basses should the need arise.

Again, I appreciate the input from my fellow bass players.

john grey · #8 05-14-2011, 11:13 AM

I am not a luthier; however I work with wood and have for 35+years and I repair acoustic instruments (& have done so for quite some time). I really don't like that product and it's genre'. Wood-Adhesives are interdependent of what the type of wood and technique (and what you're after). A strap button on a guitar is a very important little item because if it fails you can hose your instrument in the worst way.

My suggestion is to not rely upon adhesives but to use some form of mechanical re-attachment (deeper or different screw, etc).
That company made some money using a thickener with cryn glue ("super-glue") and then branched out. One issue I found completely unacceptable was that bubbles formed in the dried state. I would NOT trust that to anything that was important; what's more I would not use that company's products on wood what so ever.

But remember it's all just opinion....doesn't mean a whole lot after you take a shower......