Pattnmaker
Stainless
- Joined
- Nov 2, 2007
- Location
- Hamilton, Ontario
Anyone have experience laminating fir in an outdoor application? I am currently quoting a job where I will need 12"x3" (dressed not nom.) douglas fir or WRC planks. I am looking at buying 4"x6" and 4'x8" and gluing them together as I have not had luck finding 4x14" planks. Some of the planks have to be cedar and I plan on epoxy for them as I have had issues in the past with gluing cedar. But I am wondering if I can use titebond 3. for the gluing or maybe a polyurethane glue even though I hated the polyurethane glue when I used it in the past.
These parts are not highly stressed and will be stained, but will be out fully exposed to the weather. Epoxy is the safest bet but there are a lot of these and the added expense of both the extra cost of the epoxy and the extra time to epoxy them will be significant as there a lot of these pieces we are looking at about 10 000BF. On the other hand I don't want to take any chances.
These parts are not highly stressed and will be stained, but will be out fully exposed to the weather. Epoxy is the safest bet but there are a lot of these and the added expense of both the extra cost of the epoxy and the extra time to epoxy them will be significant as there a lot of these pieces we are looking at about 10 000BF. On the other hand I don't want to take any chances.