I’m building an armoire/stereo cabinet. I’m just now prepping the boards for glue-up and assembly. The wood I’m using is chechen. The problem is that there is a lot of stress cracks in the would I didn’t see a month ago when I bought the wood as s2s.
I don’t mind the few splits, there not large. I’m now thinking I should use gorilla glue for the panel assembly. My question is is there a finish issue with this material?
And is there anyone with a favorite finish technique. My friend said, after I planed and surfaced all 80bf, “My favorite finish that I’d use on this chechen is called- Take it back and get some good wood.” I think he’s a wood bigot.
Anyway whatch ya-all thin.
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More details would help, but my first response to your question is that the choice of glue will make no difference. The cracking problem can be due to a number of causes but glue choice won't correct any of them. Your friend may be right but in any case you need to track down the cause of the cracking before you start gluing things together.
John W.
Bob -
I recently worked on a project where chechen was used for stair treads. The only successful glue the millworkers could find to bond the chechen to the canary was West Systems epoxy. Chechen is a very dense wood. Polyurethane glues like Gorrilla glue react with moisture in the wood to cure. I'm no expert by any means and hopefully someone with better knowledge and more experience will add to this, but I don't think poly glues would be the best choice for this material.
Airborne dust from chechen is quite toxic - I trust you're taking adequate precautions when milling and finishing it.
I don't have any experience with finishing this wood so can't respond to that issue.
Dennis in Bellevue WA
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