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  • This topic has 7 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 1 month ago by Keith Szczepanski.
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  • Keith Szczepanski
    19 April 2022 at 2:21 am #756716

    I have the original wood storm door for our house. It’s probably 90 years old and I believe it’s chestnut. I’m looking for suggestions for an adhesive thin enough to run into the grain at the crack in the pictures. Would cyanoacrylate work for this?

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    Darren
    19 April 2022 at 9:24 am #756743

    I’d use Titebond 3 or preferably thin epoxy (I have West Systems), slipped in using an artist’s palette knife, and/or blown in with an air gun on low or hair dryer etc.

    I suspect you will need some gap filling inside that joint, and CA glue will not give you that.

    Use a wooden block when you clamp it, to spread the load.

    Good luck! 😀👍

    Darren.

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    Ed
    19 April 2022 at 12:10 pm #756751

    Not sure of the orientation, so I’m going to call what is in the photo the bottom of the door. Given that, do you see any twist in the lower rail (the one in the photo)? Twist in the door? I’m wondering if the rail has twisted and split the stile / mortise. You can try working PVA glue into that gap, but I suspect there is crud in there and deterioration that will affect the bond. Does it even clamp closed cleanly? Is it a big fight or does it squeeze closed easily?

    One possible repair would be to go about an inch or two up from the break, saw across the stile and then use your chisel and router plane to fabricate a recess running all the way to the bottom of the door and all the way across the width of the stile. You could stop short of the full width if that fouls a hinge or has some other issue, but it may then be harder to fabricate. Then, glue a piece into that recess so that you have many square inches of fresh, flat wood to form the bond. I would be tempted to take this all the way down (in depth) to the tenon in the lower rail so that you are leveling the tenon cheek (reducing the tenon thickness as little as possible, but ideally all the way across the tenon cheek). The end result is making a laminate with a perfectly fitting, reconstructed mortise and tenon (achieved by the lamination).

    This seems a bit risky and if that rail is still twisting, it may just break the door again. There’s no harm in trying to just work glue in there as a first try. If you do that, put a clamp across the work to open and close a zillion times while you force in glue. This can help draw the glue deeper into the crack.

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    deanbecker
    19 April 2022 at 1:47 pm #756759

    Lee vally has a “ chair glue” that is very thin and comes with syringes to incert it. That may be an option for you
    I used it to repair an old loose dining table and it is still hanging on.

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    Keith Szczepanski
    19 April 2022 at 3:01 pm #756768

    Thank you all.
    I’ll try the PVA glue first before performing major surgery. Kind of like shots in a knee before replacing the joint.

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    Darren
    19 April 2022 at 3:38 pm #756772

    Hi,

    Ed makes a good point about dirt in the joint, would be worth blowing that out with an air line first if you can.

    Darren.

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    sanford
    19 April 2022 at 4:57 pm #756779

    I am hardly an expert, but a few thoughts. First, it looks like there may be some rot in that wood — is that rot on the edge that we see? And there may be rot in the crack itself. I would assume any rot would weaken a repair made with PVA or cyanoacrylate. There may be be extra gaps in the crack. Keep in mind that PVA is not very good for filling gaps and any glue that is in a gap will not have much strength. And even if the glue itself holds, it might be tied to wood that is itself still weak if there is rot. There are products called penetrating sealers made with epoxy. They are often made initially for marine purposes. They penetrate and strengthen rotting wood. I have used Smith’s with some good results. I do not know, but Smith’s may also make marine quality epoxy glues to fix the crack itself.

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    Keith Szczepanski
    20 April 2022 at 1:33 am #756843

    Thanks. There is no rot on this door, just wear, age and the occasional quick opening from wind.

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