Franklin Connections Blog

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Dec-13-2012 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Marketing Admin
  

  We recommend that substrates cure for at least 24 hours before planing or sanding when using a water-based wood adhesive.(...) <read more>

• The Wood Industry's Research Lab

  Dec-05-2012 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Wood shops and wood production factories alike have a need for research, to develop new products, new methods, and to test materials. The very largest panel and solid wood products manufacturers have the resources to conduct their own research, often in in-house labs and testing facilities(...) <read more>

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Nov-30-2012 | Comments: 1 | Posted In: | Posted By: Marketing Admin
  

  Having trouble getting substrates to stick when edge- or face-gluing hardwoods or softwoods? Try this simple test:(...) <read more>

• One Adhesive Does NOT Fit All

  Nov-26-2012 | Comments: 4 | Posted In: | Posted By: Marketing Admin
  

  Ask some manufactures what type of glue they use to assemble wood products, and they’ll casually respond, “Oh, the white stuff” or “yellow wood glue.” Such responses can exasperate those of us in the adhesives business. Wood glues are much more complex than that. A number of adhesives manufacturers focus on producing a full range of wood adhesives to enable customers to better meet the requirements of particular applications.(...) <read more>