Biscuits & Epoxy

Dean in Eureka, CA · Post by **Dean in Eureka, CA** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:24 pm

I bought a biscuit cutter today for another project I'm doing... A teardrop trailer.
I see that these biscuits are compressed and rely on the water from wood glue to make them swell up tight. We all know that epoxy and water are a No-No... Has anyone here ever used biscuits and thickened epoxy together?

Juneaudave · Post by **Juneaudave** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:36 am

My biscuit jointer manual says epoxy is ok but not a first choice. I don't see why it would not work. Almost all the time that I am using biscuits, I am joining boards for a panel and I am more concerned with alignment, as opposed to strength. I usually have a nice fit between the boards with very few gaps. The thing I do wrong...and I know it, but can't help myself... is that I overtighten the clamps and squeeze out too much glue. That may be more of a problem with epoxy than you have with plain old carpenter's glue.

canoeblderinmt · Post by **canoeblderinmt** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:22 pm

Why not use Gorilla Glue? It's waterproof, very strong, and uses water to set. A couple of coats of varnish over the project should be a good waterproofing.

Of course, I'd be using mortise and tenon, but I like cutting and fitting joints....

Greg