Gorilla Glue - Any good?

[reverbbb]

I saw a display of Gorilla Glue on display at an office supply store. The packe claims "Strongest Glue On Earth" or something to that effect.

I'm sure that simple Elmer's Wood or regular glue is adequate for most all projects. But I am wondering if there were any opinions for using the "Strongest Glue On Earth" for guitar projects. Not that I have any of these projects in mind, but I'm wondering if it is useful for gluing binding, setting necks, repairing headstock breaks, butt joining slabs or laminating maple vaneers?

I might even consider using it in building a speaker cabinet.

[voided3]

Hello. Gorilla glue expands when it hardens, so it needs to be clamped heavily and is best used for lamination in my opinion. Only thing is though, cleanup is hard since it dries rock hard, but it can be sanded and cut with woodworking tools. I used it to (very) roughly reattach a headstock on a guitar I plan on smashing for a performance someday (when I got it, it was in four pieces, body was split in half, neck removed and headstock sheared off, it can stay in tune though oddly enough so I suppose it is strong stuff). For a speaker cab, it would be great i'm sure though. Good luck!

[rcrecelius]

I havent used it on a guitar but I will definitely say it is strong glue...and yes it does expand so like voided said...make sure you clamp whatever youre glueing real good

[Michael Murphy]

It fixed my gorilla up good as new.

He was back swingin' on vines in no time...


-Michael
Charter Member S. Texas He-Man Emoticon Haters Local #316

[harold h]

Originally Posted by Michael Murphy

It fixed my gorilla up good as new.

He was back swingin' on vines in no time...


-Michael
Charter Member S. Texas He-Man Emoticon Haters Local #316

Veterinarians are buying this stuff like crazy.

[popthree]

I used it when I was restoring my old truck. I used it on the new window gaskets, the interior door panels, and the carpeting. It is good stuff, but as mentioned above, cleanup is a chore.

[Dr.Guitar]

I've used it to build speaker cabinets before. Might be allright for gluing up body blanks, My only gripe is a bottle opened is a bottle used. One its opend it dries up fast because you can't keep the moisture out of it. My understanding is the moisture in the air it what makes it cure.

The cabs are rock solid by the way. Nice thing about it is it really fills the joints. Even if the joint quality itself it a little suspect it will grab and hold.

[PSWoods]

My 335 copy is one of those Oscar Schmidt POS's from Musician's Friend. I got it cheap off the trash heap b/c the neck joint was coming apart. It was pretty rough; looked like the neck pocket had been carved by a kid with a chisel. I sanded the paint off the neck heel and Gorilla Glued it in and now it is rock solid.

I have used it for other things, but that application really impressed me. I'd say it's a must-have for a tinkerer's bag-o-tricks.

GG seems to do most of its expanding in the first hour or two it is applied. Sometimes I will just keep an eye on it and wipe as best I can as it foams up. Still messy, tho, and not transparent dry - nothing like regular wood glue, anyway.

Unwanted curing: I gave a $15 bottle to my father-in-law and was disappointed to see it in a solid chunk the next time I went over to his place. I now buy the little $4 bottle and cap it tightly even before I clamp.

[GlennLewis]

acoustic... the top was peeling up and taking the bridge with it. Figured it was almost a goner anyway, so what the heck.

Moistened the wood. Little bit of gorilla glue, clamped it really well for 24 hours, cleaned up the glue lines to make it look neat.

Strung it up.... and so far it is holding very well.

I was afraid that the foam-like nature of the bond line may dampen the sound, but I didn't think hide glue would be strong enough.

Sounds pretty good, and I know that it is a strong bond.
Time will tell.

[HiggyDude]

Never used it on a guitar project but...I recently had a woofer on a 20 year old Infinity speaker (model SM-100) that split the foam rim holding the cone. I had recently had the woofers refoamed (not sure of the technical term here). The split was about 3 inches in length - I simply applied some Gorilla glue to the top of the split and let it roll down the foam to cover the split. It worked like magic - I have a speaker switch function on my pre-amp so I enlisted some friends to see if they could hear the difference as I switched channels on the speakers - no one could. Maybe my music is too loud....

[lefthandrob]

try some gorilla tape---now that is tape!!!!WOW

[unclearty]

It is an amazing product..however..as noted above..ONLY buy it in the little $4 bottles. Also..dogs absolutely LOVE the smell and taste of this stuff, so keep it away from animals and kids..seriously.

[telex]

Keep it off of your fingers too. I doesn't come off too easy.

[chickenpicker]

Is it a polyurethane glue?

I've seen something similar (I presume) in the UK - a woodworker sprayed it on, then clamped up. The glue foamed, a sort of whitish/cream colour, and if it got on your clothes it wouldn't come off.

[Tedecaster]

Originally Posted by chickenpicker

Is it a polyurethane glue?

I've seen something similar (I presume) in the UK - a woodworker sprayed it on, then clamped up. The glue foamed, a sort of whitish/cream colour, and if it got on your clothes it wouldn't come off.

Sounds like the same stuff except it comes in a small plastic bottle. Looks kind of like honey as it come out of the bottle.

I believe that it is some kind of urethane. I've used it on outdoor house-carpentry projects.

[aznrambo481]

agree with telex. used it on a project, fingers were black for about a week

[jaydawg]

It works great for building cab's, but I wouldn't use it for anything more then a quick fix on guitars. The trick to keeping if from kicking off in the bottle is to squeeze all the air out before you put the cap on. Its the air left in the bottle after you use that makes it harden.

[JohnnyCrash]

I hate the stuff.

For cabs, or for guitar.

I have used Elmer's Wood Glue with sawdust to patch holes, glue fingerjoints in cabs, and just about everything else. Tried Gorilla on three seperate occasions to my complete disappointment.

[ehawley]

Brings back the thought of the old joke about the gorilla in the backyard, with the punchline "...... and if I fall out of the tree... shoot the dog!!??
Gorilla glue foams way to much. They have low foam poly glues. Never tried one of those..But, Try Titebond III. AS close as you can get to a polyurethane glue WITHOUT THE FOAM.

[Tdot]

It is very strong stuff. After using it on some other things, I noticed the expanding nature and decided to try it as body filler on my 51 with big chunks of poly missing (I didn't have any real filler around the house so why not). I filled the gaps, stirred & smoothed it while it was foaming and sanded after. I wouldn't recommend it for a nice guitar but it worked out fine and is probably tougher than the original layers.