So... I was about to DIY my entire dinning room set.... strip it down, revamp seat cushions, padding... because the dinning room chairs are all wobbly and this set is like 40 years old and they don't build them like that anymore. I have all the tools assembled, just waiting on the time. Now... having learnt this... I am not going to disassemble my chairs to scrape old wood glue and use new specific glue for older joints... I am going to get and use this method, but still strip and re stain and varnish, new padding and covers for the chairs. You just saved me a LOAD of time. Glad I came across your channel, new subscriber... keep those vids coming!
Thank you for your comment, subscription, and you're welcome! Do try my technique with cyanoacrylate and accelerator, just be cautious when letting the CA fill the joint but not on other parts of the wood furniture, as it will then not accept stain unless it is deeply sanded. David Riddle
Great demo... though I unconsciously shuddered when you turned that chair upside down and I heard the scraping of wood on concrete... like fingers on a chalkboard! ;)
After posting these videos, I now have a full time job answering all of the viewers questions, something I'm really enjoying while sharing my knowledge! David Riddle
Thank you for your comment and accolades, the hardest thing we attempt to do in life is form an intimate magnanimous relationship with another human being and our only guide is to watch our parents, a total crap shoot and CA will not help! David riddle
Thank you once again, good timing on this one, I have a wooden chair that is in need of that exact repair, it's very wobbly, and I've repaired the stringer before with the metal cleats, and it worked well for a few years, but this method seems even easier, and more durable.
Thank you for your comment and question, CA is indeed food-safe, but it is not waterproof, and in a dishwasher, it will slowly dissolve. Salad-spinners are typically manufactured out of polyethylene, and CA will not stick to this material. David Riddle
Great tips. I've been watching all your videos but I didn't see anything about storing the CA glue when you're done. How do you close up the bottle for storage with the teflon tubing?
According to David, CA is an anaerobic adhesive. Installing the teflon tube above the glue in the bottle prevents the tube from clogging. And guess what? It works! 😊
Wash away with rain? I thought super glue was waterproof and the water did not break it down? Correct me if I wrong because I was using it for outdoor application thinking that the water would not affect it.
Thank you for your comment and question, cyanoacrylate is not water-proof, it slowly will dissolve in water, that is why if you get any CA on the surface of your skin, with repeated hand washing, it is sloughed off. If you wish to use CA in an outdoor environment, simply coat it with solvent-based paint, even clear nail-polish! David Riddle
Thank you for your comment and question, there is no need to seal the bottle, cyanoacrylate is an anaerobic cement that is why there is always air above the glue. If you need to transport the bottle, just temporarily seal the Teflon tubing with a pin! David Riddle
Say you have a broken plastic chlorine jug... and you cut a piece of denim... Ca it to the cracked part, Soak over the top of the denim and then hit it with accelerator... would this provide a very strong and leak free fix?
@@HowToHomeLife I just wanted to say thank you again for being so willing to help and teach all of us so quickly and patiently, something that took you many many years of hard, trial, & error to dial-in & master.
Probably should have clamped the back of the chair to close the joint first. Certainly quicker than tacking the chair apart, cleaning all the joints and re gluing.
Thank you for your question, I've been doing these chair repairs for many years, and once glued with water-thin CA and accelerator, I haven't had one loosen-up yet! David Riddle
Have a wobbly tabe it's nothing really nice but the lamp on top swivels so I like it. I have threatened for years to take it apart and glue it. I think I'll give this a try. Thanks for the tips and feed back.
Thank you for your comment and question, there is no need to seal the bottle, cyanoacrylate is an anaerobic cement that is why there is always air above the glue. If you need to transport the bottle, just temporarily seal the Teflon tubing with a pin! David Riddle
Thank you for your comment and question, BSI seems to be the only supplier of water-thin cyanoacrylate that I've found and this is the glue that allows this kind of repair. David Riddle
Ok,then I would suggest you delete the references to Superglue, crazy glue,etc since it is misleading. You need the accelerant to make it work. Also, give BSI a shout, you’re doing a great job promoting their product. I will order some just to repair my wobbly chairs😊thanks for the tip.
@@tcsail09 Dude, Super Glue is a generic term and a zillion manufacturers make and sell Cyanoacrylate adhesive aka Super Glue. The accelerator is not needed unless you want fast set up.
@@PinePondCTDevilsHopyard-fy3hj How will it bypass the glue? If there is glue on the tenon, it will seal the wood and stop the CA from seeping in, right? Then there will be only a surface bond with the old (and weak) glue. What am I misunderstanding?
In my non professional opinion, the old wood glue cracks and falls out. This leaves the wood exposed and lots of gaps. The water viscosity CA fills these gaps and seeps into the wood. This makes them all solid and one homogeneous unit. The accelerator starts the chain reaction and completes the seal. Glue, CA and wood are all one.
@@PinePondCTDevilsHopyard-fy3hj Sounds kinda sketchy to me. Basically the old glue turns into a crumbly cookie, allowing the CA to flow around it and perhaps seep a bit into the wood. That leaves you with a bunch of weak crumbs marginally strengthened by CA and vaguely glued to the wood. You don't have any real wood-to-wood contact. It would be interesting to take such a reglued joint and saw it in half to see what's going on in there.
So... I was about to DIY my entire dinning room set.... strip it down, revamp seat cushions, padding... because the dinning room chairs are all wobbly and this set is like 40 years old and they don't build them like that anymore. I have all the tools assembled, just waiting on the time. Now... having learnt this... I am not going to disassemble my chairs to scrape old wood glue and use new specific glue for older joints... I am going to get and use this method, but still strip and re stain and varnish, new padding and covers for the chairs. You just saved me a LOAD of time. Glad I came across your channel, new subscriber... keep those vids coming!
Thank you for your comment, subscription, and you're welcome! Do try my technique with cyanoacrylate and accelerator, just be cautious when letting the CA fill the joint but not on other parts of the wood furniture, as it will then not accept stain unless it is deeply sanded. David Riddle
Nice job John with the production. You and David are great to watch, keeping the pace with answers and actions.
Thank you for your comment and accolades! David Riddle
Great demo... though I unconsciously shuddered when you turned that chair upside down and I heard the scraping of wood on concrete... like fingers on a chalkboard! ;)
Thank you for your comment, if the chair wasn't already in poor condition, I certainly wouldn't let the top rail touch the concrete! David Riddle
Thank you for your expertise and attention to our questions.
After posting these videos, I now have a full time job answering all of the viewers questions, something I'm really enjoying while sharing my knowledge! David Riddle
It's interesting that CA has never (that I'm aware of) been marketed as a wood glue yet it works so well.
Thank you for your comment, CA works magically in wood, penetrating ten times deeper than regular wood glues! David Riddle
David, being an inventer, found the key factor we have been missing. CA water thin viscosity. Soon Gorilla will be marketing water thin for wood.
I was told many years ago that Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose airplane was assembled using CA glue. Not sure if it’s true or not though.
Nice demo, thanks. Will this also help repair my marriage??
Only if you both decide to stick together 😁
Thank you for your comment and accolades, the hardest thing we attempt to do in life is form an intimate magnanimous relationship with another human being and our only guide is to watch our parents, a total crap shoot and CA will not help! David riddle
If the loose chair was a complaint of your spouse, this will stabilize the chair and perhaps the marriage, as you show how clever you have become 🤔
Yeah, just glue your mouth shut!😜
Now that is funny as hell. Great answer
Thank you once again, good timing on this one, I have a wooden chair that is in need of that exact repair, it's very wobbly, and I've repaired the stringer before with the metal cleats, and it worked well for a few years, but this method seems even easier, and more durable.
Thank you for your comment, and definitely try my techniques on your wobbly chair! David Riddle
would CA create “food safe” joints? (i.e. dishes, salad spinners, etc) and, would such joints be water and heat/dish washer resistant?
Thank you for your comment and question, CA is indeed food-safe, but it is not waterproof, and in a dishwasher, it will slowly dissolve. Salad-spinners are typically manufactured out of polyethylene, and CA will not stick to this material. David Riddle
Great tips. I've been watching all your videos but I didn't see anything about storing the CA glue when you're done. How do you close up the bottle for storage with the teflon tubing?
Watch all of David's CA Instructional videos. He answers all your FAQs.
According to David, CA is an anaerobic adhesive. Installing the teflon tube above the glue in the bottle prevents the tube from clogging. And guess what? It works! 😊
thank you, once again.
Thank you for your comment. David Riddle
Wash away with rain? I thought super glue was waterproof and the water did not break it down? Correct me if I wrong because I was using it for outdoor application thinking that the water would not affect it.
Thank you for your comment and question, cyanoacrylate is not water-proof, it slowly will dissolve in water, that is why if you get any CA on the surface of your skin, with repeated hand washing, it is sloughed off. If you wish to use CA in an outdoor environment, simply coat it with solvent-based paint, even clear nail-polish! David Riddle
Thanks for the reply. You have some amazing insight on how to use super glue and thanks for sharing!
@@jcusak You're welcome! David Riddle
How are you resealing the bottle. I don't think you covered that in any detail in your training video. Thank you in advance sir.
Thank you for your comment and question, there is no need to seal the bottle, cyanoacrylate is an anaerobic cement that is why there is always air above the glue. If you need to transport the bottle, just temporarily seal the Teflon tubing with a pin! David Riddle
Say you have a broken plastic chlorine jug... and you cut a piece of denim... Ca it to the cracked part, Soak over the top of the denim and then hit it with accelerator... would this provide a very strong and leak free fix?
Asking for a friend. 😆
Thank you for your comment and question, most plastic bottles are made of polyethylene and CA will not adhere to this plastic. David Riddle
@@HowToHomeLife So anything porous 🧽 is key, right?
@@HowToHomeLife I just wanted to say thank you again for being so willing to help and teach all of us so quickly and patiently, something that took you many many years of hard, trial, & error to dial-in & master.
I realize I just answered my own question on that one.
Probably should have clamped the back of the chair to close the joint first. Certainly quicker than tacking the chair apart, cleaning all the joints and re gluing.
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. David Riddle
What is the longest lasting repair on a chair youve studied up with CA glue? Befor or if it ever became wobbly again.
Thank you for your question, I've been doing these chair repairs for many years, and once glued with water-thin CA and accelerator, I haven't had one loosen-up yet! David Riddle
Have a wobbly tabe it's nothing really nice but the lamp on top swivels so I like it.
I have threatened for years to take it apart and glue it. I think I'll give this a try. Thanks for the tips and feed back.
@@spikelove9533 Thank you for your comment and do try my technique! David Riddle
Bob how do you seal the glue bottle when your dome
Thank you for your comment and question, there is no need to seal the bottle, cyanoacrylate is an anaerobic cement that is why there is always air above the glue. If you need to transport the bottle, just temporarily seal the Teflon tubing with a pin! David Riddle
@@HowToHomeLifeso just pop it in the freezer when finished? Why does other (regular) types of super glue tend to "dry out"?
Ok, so since you mention superglue,a brand name , how do you use it to make it work. Or, do you only use BSI glue?
Thank you for your comment and question, BSI seems to be the only supplier of water-thin cyanoacrylate that I've found and this is the glue that allows this kind of repair. David Riddle
Ok,then I would suggest you delete the references to Superglue, crazy glue,etc since it is misleading. You need the accelerant to make it work. Also, give BSI a shout, you’re doing a great job promoting their product. I will order some just to repair my wobbly chairs😊thanks for the tip.
@@tcsail09 Dude, Super Glue is a generic term and a zillion manufacturers make and sell Cyanoacrylate adhesive aka Super Glue. The accelerator is not needed unless you want fast set up.
Will this effect the existing glue in the joints?
It will bypass all the existing glues and seep into the wood. The accelerator starts a chain reaction to all the CA
@@PinePondCTDevilsHopyard-fy3hj How will it bypass the glue? If there is glue on the tenon, it will seal the wood and stop the CA from seeping in, right? Then there will be only a surface bond with the old (and weak) glue. What am I misunderstanding?
In my non professional opinion, the old wood glue cracks and falls out. This leaves the wood exposed and lots of gaps. The water viscosity CA fills these gaps and seeps into the wood. This makes them all solid and one homogeneous unit. The accelerator starts the chain reaction and completes the seal. Glue, CA and wood are all one.
@@PinePondCTDevilsHopyard-fy3hj Sounds kinda sketchy to me. Basically the old glue turns into a crumbly cookie, allowing the CA to flow around it and perhaps seep a bit into the wood. That leaves you with a bunch of weak crumbs marginally strengthened by CA and vaguely glued to the wood. You don't have any real wood-to-wood contact. It would be interesting to take such a reglued joint and saw it in half to see what's going on in there.
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Thank you for your comment. David riddle