wrote:

I am in the process of building a bankers dory. The Bill of Materials
calls for Marine Glue.

My partner wants to use an epoxy instead. Anyone been down this road
before?


The newsgroup has..many times. What it boils down to, as far as I am
concerned, is what species of wood you intend to use.

White oak doesn't glue up well with epoxy. Epoxy works with mahogany and
pine, for example.

If you are going to glue white oak you might try resorcinal. It's water
resistant - not totally waterproof.

I think that before epoxy was popular, "marine glue" generally meant
resorcinal.

--
Saville

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