Couple of days ago I glued up wall cabinet made out of teak, using “titebond 3” which is water based glue. after few hours(off course) a friend reminded that teak is highly oily wood, which make sense. Does anybody had a bad experience gluing teak? And how bad my decision was?
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I glued a lot of teak going back 40 years without it coming apart, I cleaned the glue surfaces with acetone before the glue-up however.
Good to hear, I guess it's also good practice to glue the joint shortly after machining the piece
Not sure about that, the recommandation is to wipe the oil with solvent.
Same here, have glued up tons of teak in the past, usually (but not always) wiping with alcohol or acetone. Never had a separation along the glue line. Your friend is right, though, it is an oily wood (and tough on edge tools).
You can always email Titebond Tech Support