Great stuff, isn't it? I mix it by hand. I mix it for a pretty good while - but you're right, there are those pesky little powder bubbles. I usually brush the adhesive onto the wood and I find that they will usually come apart and mix with the additional agitation of the brush strokes on the wood. And I agree any little bit that has ever remained clearly wasn't a problem. Your machine mixing may well be a great idea. It cleans up quite well with water. Hmmmmm, let's see - at Thanksgiving time I make my one batch of mashed potatoes for the year. I hate lumpy mashed potatoes. I don't have a good power blender or any sort, so I take a beater (from an old kitchen mixer appliance) and chuck it into my half-inch electric hand drill. Works great. I'll bet it would work with the Unibond also - might want to keep the speed low to avoid frothing it. Beater would clean easily I think with water and a little brush. And even if a little remained on it, who would care? It would just cure anyway. I suppose it would be best to run down to the local supermarket and pick up another beater for the mashed potatoes next Thanksgiving though. I think I might just try that next time. Thanks for the idea! Isn't this exchange of information on this list great? Here we have a person not offering expertise, but asking a question - and it ends up answering a question for someone else who didn't even know he had a question! Terry Farrell On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:19 AM, jimialeggio wrote: > Terry Farrell wrote: >> I also use their Unibond 800 adhesive for laminating (two-part urea >> formaldehyde): <http://www.vacupress.com/products.htm> > Terry, > > I use this for laminating also. Do you machine stir to get rid of > those nasty little recalcitrant un-dissolved crystals? I have hand > stirred Unibond for years, and just ignored them...got excellent > bonding anyway, though I never used it for decorative veneering. If > I could come up with an easy to clean up mixing system, I would > machine mix. How do you approach the mix? > Jim I > > -- > Jim Ialeggio > grandpianosolutions.com > 978- 425-9026 > Shirley, MA >
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