2020 Product Showcase: Titebond Speed Set

So Matt, there's a lot of weird stuff going on in the world. And one of the byproducts of that is the big show in Atlanta, IWF was canceled for this year. So we're compensating here in my shop. What's going on here? Well, we got a bunch of bunch of products here that we're going to test out and show how they work and a lot of features. Talk about them. And then I think what's gonna be fun is ? Is that showing them, showing them how they work. Yeah. Yeah. We're gonna, we're gonna run the tools and take you through features, benefits. So we're bringing the show, The Woodworking Show to you. Ready to get rolling? I'm ready. Let's go. Make it happen. The next thing we've got going here is Titebond and waiting for glue to dry, is you know, we should be patient 'cause we're woodworkers. Yeah. I get impatient waiting for glue to dry. So this is a new product from Titebond that's called Speed Set. And in other Titebond products, the recommended clamping time is typically 30 minutes or more, maybe 30 to 60 minutes. And on Speed Set, it is about 15. It is not about, it is 15 minutes. The other thing that's very interesting with Speed Set and you know, you kinda feel like if I'm getting, if I'm gaining here, what am I giving up? Right. Yeah. Right. What's interesting with Speed Set is we're, we're reducing clamp time, so we're gaining speed. And it's actually a stronger glue joint than Titebond Original. The PSI strength of Speed Set is higher than Titebond Original. Yeah. So it's cool. There's not a compromise there. And then there's another cool gee whiz factor involving black light that we'll show in a little bit. Yeah, no, I, you know This glue itself, Yeah. Like you said, the waiting for glue to dry, it's always, it's that's the kind of the bane of when you're working, 'cause it disrupts your flow. Well and it probably, for most people they only own X number of clients. Right, right. So the funnel point in the project if you're doing a kitchen with 20 doors, Yeah. the neck on the funnel becomes, how many clamps do I own and how many doors can I do up at one time? So, I mean, in doors would be a great example were if I can reduce my clamp time by half, then I can get doors going that much more. Right. Right, yes and it just becomes, you can keep your your process working faster and whatnot. Not everyone has a whole wall of clamps. Yes. Are you pointing at me? I mean, I think I've already posted that, you know, every time. I do own a few clamps, because I have classes in here. I have, I have quite a few clamps myself so I can't complain. So one of the things that's noteworthy is that at this time of this particular release this livestream. Speed Set is only available in gallon bottles. So I have transferred it to a condiment jar from a grocery store. It will be available in eight ounce bottles in before too much longer. So it'll be available in more standard consumer sizes pretty quick. So let's just, I'm gonna throw a little glue on here just so people get a feel for the viscosity and that kind of stuff. Yeah , just the feel of it. Then we'll look at your kind of the gee whiz factor, that is so cool. Yeah. 'Cause it still has the same kind of viscosity as like Titebond there, Titebond Original. Yeah, handles very similar to other glues. Similarly. That's the key word Real standard edge to edge glue up in Walnut. And 15 minutes from now we could take those clamps off, Yeah. and be set. So the other thing though that maybe you've never run into this but I have, is if you have glue residue on a piece, you have effectively pre-finished that piece. Right. You've got a spot where it's not wood anymore 'cause now it's got a film of glue on it. Right. So a cool aspect of what we're, what we've got going with Speed Set is that they've added a chemical to it, I guess. They've made it such that when I put it under a black light or when I, so this is a black light in my hot little hands available from home centers or Amazon. When I shine a black light on that I've intentionally left, that's a thumb print of glue right there. That glue residue glows under the black light. So imagine when I'm wrapping up a project I'm wrapping up that mortise and tenon heavy chair, and I could walk around with this light and know 100% conclusively that if I have that showing up that I need to do a cleanup. And if I don't get any of that I know I'm ready to go with finish. Yeah. And I know, I mean, in here, we've got a lot of light, it's pretty bright. And you probably in your situation when you're looking at it, it may not pop. Like I can see it, it's popping right there. But if you shine it back on this stuff, when you're seeing, 'cause you could easily see how bright it is on this. Yeah. That's what it's showing up to me here. But like on the camera, you might not be able to see it but it pops right out so. And too if we turned some of the lights off. Yeah. So we weren't so quite so bright, right? Yeah. It'd be even more obvious. Titebond Original, Speed Set that we just talked about, these are going to be interior glues great for furniture cabinets, that kind of stuff. When you're going into Exterior realm, Titebond II Titebond III hand or Polyurethane. So the, the difference here at Titebond II, Titebond III, water resistant , waterproof. So the example I use a lot is, if you're building an Adirondack chair and it's gonna be outside but it's not really going to be soaking wet all the time then Titebond II would be fine for that. If you have something where it's really going to be wet a lot, So for instance, a flower box where we put dirt in there and that soil is going to be damp all the time, so flowers can grow. Titebond III is gonna be a better choice for that. There is a difference here were Titebond II does tack faster, shorter open time than Titebond III. So that might also be a factor then in choosing your glues. If you've got lots of parts to work with, Titebond III will give you more open time, right? Polyurethane glue, one of the things about these glues and Original is in the same category, is they dry by evaporation. So as moisture leaves the glue, that's when you get that's how you get curing. The problem with that is if we work with damp woods. So for instance, if you're doing an outdoor project out of treated lumber, like have you ever picked up a piece of tree lumber that doesn't weigh 400 pounds? Right, right. 'Cause it's still dripping wet. Right. These glues would cure eventually but that would really retard the cure time because there's so much moisture in the wood. Polyurethane glue is just the opposite, it needs moisture in order to cure. So one of the benefits of that is exterior glue and it'll cure in the presence of moisture. So it's a good choice for that. And it's also a good choice for nonsimilar materials. Yeah. You were talking about inlay. Another thing I've done with inlay a lot is create a pocket and then cut for it like a solid surface or aluminum or plastic, something that's gonna go in that pocket, and Polyurethane is a glue that would hold those together. I actually use a lot of copper in my stuff and that's I use the Polyurethane glue to inlay copper, go figure. Yeah. So that, that actually should answer B. Hanson's question too. 'Cause he asked why if Speed Set is so fast why would I use other glues? So that's, that's should be why. Yeah, you got to match your work. You know, it's, it's like picking the right tool for the job. You got to match the, the glue characteristics to what it is that you're trying to accomplish. And then quickly we can just go through a couple other things here. Bring that pump back, just 'cause I think it's calling out again, you know in this shop I do a little bit of custom work, I teach classes, I consume a lot of glue. This is a wonderful way to go to refill your glue bottles. So you buy this once and when it's empty, it goes under here. So I go into the gas station, you're gonna tap that off. So the pump system is, I'm now getting my glue in gallons and then using the pump to keep everything full. So I think that's really cool, Yeah. if you consume a good volume of glue. I think that it's actually cool, 'cause I like this. I have this as well because, I didn't use a lot of glue and I had the gallon and it started to cure, like it started getting air. So that was nice to have that pump. So it would, I could. You wouldn't be opening the bottle. Correct, it would save pressure longer. That's a great point. Yeah. Then just in some other products that Titebond's got , Dark Wood Glue, which oddly enough we would use for dark woods in order to make that glue line a little bit less visible. Hide glue, if you are an instrument maker then you'd be familiar with this hide. The benefit to Hide Glue is it's reversible, were the other glues we've talked about so far would be very, very difficult if not impossible to reverse. A little bit of heat and a little bit of steam and we can reverse Hide Glue. It's one of the reasons instrument makers or people who do a lot of veneer work use Hide Glue is anticipating, someday I got to get inside that guitar and fix a cracked brace. Someday, I've got to take that destroyed veneer off the top of the table and replace it with a new piece of veneer. And we can easily do that with Hide Glue. Matt and I are both turners, bowl turners. And if you're gonna I think turn bowls, you gotta have Cyanoacrylate, CA glue in your shot. How do you say that? Cyanoacrylate. That's nice. Good job. CA glue? CA glue is the way it is, default. Yeah. It dries very, very fast. Different viscosities available. It already dries fast. You can add an accelerant to it, so it dries even faster. But it's a great way on a bowl turning to do a repair if you have a little bit of a crack in it. It's a great way to bond dissimilar objects. They're just, it's a thing that once you have it in your shop, you keep finding stuff that you can use it for. Right. So I use, I use the CA glue. I use the Titebond CA glue for my bandsaw. So I use it, you know gluing the brass barrel. Glue it on a brass barrel and a wooden sleeve. Yup. And then I turn it and then I use the thin set, the thin CA glue for finish. So I'm hitting that up there and hit it with the accelerant. Yeah and CA glue as a finish was another great point. Yeah. That's another great application. Yeah, it works great. And then Thick and Quick, so a great application for this in cabinet work, if you're putting a piece of crown molding on the top of the cabinet and we use other glues, it's pretty easy to get that glue on there. And as you're getting the crown molding in place and starts running. Quick and Thick, just like its name says is it's a much thicker viscosity glue. Results to way less prone to running kinda like that. And extended time, so that 28 mortise and tenon chair would be a great example. If you get into a scenario, were you can't assemble in subsections, things really have to all come together at once, this will give you more open time to get all of those parts brought together. So I think we did a pretty good job of bringing the show to the people to get, Did you enjoy this tonight? I had a blast. It was fun. You know, I learned, I learned something. Hopefully they learn something, you know. Did you have fun? Yeah. It was a lot of fun. And I think it's one of the things I really like about my job is the opportunity to see tools and then take my excitement about that and telegraphing that, so hopefully that happened. Yeah. No, I hear you. That's I love it. I love this. It's always fun to try something. Well, thanks so much for coming along and yeah, it was a blast.