A Sticky Situation | Popular Woodworking

A glue for every reason. While woodworkers generally rely on yellow glue (polyvinyl acetate) for most glue jobs in the shop, depending on the task at hand, there might be a better choice available.

Six common situations where specialty glues serve you well.

It goes without saying that most of our projects would be nothing more than a loose assembly of parts without the holding power of glue. Thankfully, modern adhesives are accessible, usually inexpensive and keep us from having to mill wedged tenons for everything we build. Most woodworkers begin by using good old yellow glue (polyvinyl acetate or PVA). It’s a great general-purpose glue that serves me well for about 90 percent of my tasks. But there are a number of unique glues that work particularly well for specialized applications.

Online Extra: To view a video about how to use glue for veneering, click here.