I have a friend who glued a broken birdhouse pole back together. He used Gorilla Glue, but only held it for fifteen minutes. The next morning, he found the pole on the ground and a very confused squirrel staring at the mess. The glue had expanded, weakened immediately, and failed. He learned the hard way that this glue rewards patience.
On the flip side, I once fixed a ceramic vase that my cat knocked over. I clamped it, sang it a little lullaby, and literally left it in the garage for 48 hours because I forgot about it. That vase is still holding flowers today, five years later. The glue didn’t care that I forgot about it—it just did its job beautifully.
Scratch building bits :: Glue and glassing :: Gorilla Epoxy glue 25ml
What About the “Extra” Foam?
Don’t panic when you see little yellow blobs of foam oozing out of your seam. That’s normal! It’s just the glue expanding and finding a way out. Wait until it’s fully hard (like, rock hard), then just scrape it off with a razor blade or your fingernail. If you try to wipe it off while it’s wet, you’ll just smear a sticky mess all over your project.
So, in summary: For standard Gorilla Glue, the setting time is one to two hours under clamp pressure, but you really want to wait 24 hours for full strength. It’s a lazy glue that works hard for you. You just have to let it.
