Plywood Filler: Glue?

[Eric Sea Frog]

Can you fill the voids in bad ply pouring waterproof glue into them? Can glue be mixed with sawdust like they do with epoxy? I use varnish instead of epoxy on this project. Voids are easy to access.

Eric

[NormMessinger]

It would depend on the type of glue, wouldn't it. It would certainly not work with Gorilla Glue and others of the type because the glue would foam up and give not strength.

I have no experience with resorcinol type glue but since the joint need to be clamped tightly to be good ones, I doubt it would work.

It might work with Titebond II if it is "water proof" enough for you.

What problem are you trying to solve? Is it that you just don't want to use epoxy?

--Norm

[TomRobb]

What sort of voids, how bad is the ply? Cheap & dirty stitch-n-googe boat? How about Bondo?
How, exactly, proud do you expect to be when it's done? :D

[Eric Sea Frog]

Well,

You yachtie types please don't make me feel wretched tongue.gif
It's a skin-on-frame folding sailboat I could drop into my car's trunk and take to any put-in a want, so as to avoid putting in always at the same place that's crowded with power crafts (one 30 meters rammed and smashed a sailboat this week, 2 dead).
Ply is cheap, quite fortunately so, as I had to redesign all my stations and buy twice the number of panels I had bought in the first place.
It's 15 mm thick pine ply used for house building.
Anyway pine is full of sap, and it's exterior quality, with dark glue.
It just needs some reinforcements, and...a fine weather!

Ahoy !