Interesting Dominio gluing method

[ChuckS]

@Cheese, Aren't the brushes too thick for the 4mm mortises? Did you trim them thinner if you also used them on the smallest mortises?

 

[Cheese]

@Cheese, Aren't the brushes too thick for the 4mm mortises? Did you trim them thinner if you also used them on the smallest mortises?

Chuck, I can't remember exactly what I've done for 4mm Dominos as I use them very infrequently. I'd bet it's a very narrow flux brush trimmed to fit.

 

[Michael Kellough]

To spread glue in dowel holes, I use 3mm or 5mm bamboo dowels sold as skewers in the supermarket. They are very cheap and about a foot long. I don’t wipe the glue end of the skewers. I simply take an anvil cutter and trim off the wet end. I use these over and over until they are too short to easily handle. They also make nice cross-pins where needed. Surprisingly uniform in diameter and roundness considering what they are designed for.

I use bamboo skewers to put glue in smaller Domino mortises and dowel holes. (I use acid brushes on mortises the brush will fit into.) Just cover the end of the skewer with glue about equal to the depth of the mortise. The small diameter stick will only hold as much glue as the tight fitting tenons will tolerate. Just insert the wet skewer and wipe it around to evenly coat the sides of the mortise.

I usually wear nitrile gloves while working with glue for a number of reasons. One of them is to quickly and directly spread glue around the Dominoes. Grabbing a damp rag usually cleans the fingers well enough to keep working and when done with the glueing the gloves are quickly removed.

 

[smorgasbord]

When I see them wiping up huge globs of wet glue with a wet rag I always wonder how they ever get a decent finish.

They do a lot of sanding after wiping.

I wait for it to get 80-90% dry and clean it up with a pocket knife/scraper/chisel/other reasonably sharp implement.

Some glues, like the 202GF/2002GF sold by Garrett Wade/Lee Valley are great for this.

No, it is an alignment device the same as a dowl.

Well, in that case you'd be better off with biscuits. They're cheaper and don't reduce the glue surface area as much if you're only gluing the boards and not the alignment devices.

 

[Packard]

I prefer to use flux brushes. If the bristles are too long I just shorten them up. Here are the results of brushing glue on all the wood joints...including the outside of the Domino and the inside of the mortise. This was a fir joint that I left overnight to dry. It was really tough to break this joint apart as the outside of each Domino has removed wood fibers from the inside of the mortise. Also notice the 4 cracks emanating from the mortises. A bonus round for using flux brushes is that they are useful for applying other products.

I see that Harbor Freight calls the “glue brushes” that I use:

1/2 in. Horsehair Bristle Acid Shop Brushes, 36-Pack $2.99​

 

[Cheese]

I see that Harbor Freight calls the “glue brushes” that I use:

1/2 in. Horsehair Bristle Acid Shop Brushes, 36-Pack $2.99​

Acid flux brushes...

 

[Packard]

Acid flux brushes...

I’ve always used them for glue. I will probably mislabel them for the rest of my life. I have no use for acid flux or the required brushes. In any case, cheap, readily accessible, and seem to do the job.

I don’t wash off the glue. I treat them as use-once-and-dispose items.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Well, in that case you'd be better off with biscuits. They're cheaper and don't reduce the glue surface area as much if you're only gluing the boards and not the alignment devices.

Pretty much the only time I use biscuits now at all is for when using them purely as alignment aids for large panels (not furniture related), MDF backing sheets, wall lining, etc.

 

[smorgasbord]

Acid flux brushes...

Those brushes are also great for servicing your time machine's flux capacitor:

 

[Cheese]

Those brushes are also great for servicing your time machine's flux capacitor:
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That's funny...a DeLorean of all cars. Seems like a 1958 Cadillac Biarritz would be a more worthy candidate. Although I can't fault DeLorean too much as I've owned and loved several GTO's.

 

[tjbnwi]

That's funny...a DeLorean of all cars. Seems like a 1958 Cadillac Biarritz would be a more worthy candidate. Although I can't fault DeLorean too much as I've owned and loved several GTO's.

The Granddaddy of the muscle car.

Tom

 

[Cheese]

The Granddaddy of the muscle car.

Tom

Ya it pretty much started with Pontiac and the Royal Oaks folks.

 

[luvmytoolz]

That's funny...a DeLorean of all cars. Seems like a 1958 Cadillac Biarritz would be a more worthy candidate. Although I can't fault DeLorean too much as I've owned and loved several GTO's.

Boy that took me down a rabbit hole looking that Cadillac model up!