Sumo Glue

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I have just tried the Sumo Glue from Loctite. I was very pleased. It is a polyurethane glue that states "Loctite Sumi is a revolutionary high strength adhesive that bonds a virety of serfaces including wood, stone, metal brick laminate, iron, foam and ceramic. It is waterproof, stainable, sandable, gap filling translucent white cure.

It foams less then the other brands, but dries harder. I am going to switch for a while. Does anyone else know about this glue? They have a website at www.sumoglue.com
 
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I am a Polyurethane glue fan...if their claim is true, they surely will get my business (no mater how small it is) [:D]

I will surely give this a try. Thanks!
 
I ran a bead of Sumo glue and a bead of Gorilla glue as a test to watch them cure. The Gorilla glue expanded about 3 times as much. The Sumo glue was very tuff to cut with a knife, almost like epoxy. It also stuck to the glass better. I think that as penturners the fact that the Sumo glue expands to fill the voids is good, and the fact that it has a low expansion rate means it is more dense.

This is my test. I would like other opinions.
 
I am not a pen turner, but in searching 'SUMO' I came across this forum. For something small like pens, I'd like to think this is a great glue. I, however, glue-up 18-30" wood sections for native american style flutes, and I compare Sumo with Gorilla glues thus: I have found that it foams more quicly than Gorilla glue, and I have NOT found that it foams "50% less" than Gorilla glue...again, for small projects like pens it's a moot point, but for my larger pieces of wood, I kinda like Gorilla glue better. Just my 2 cents worth. Strength is also a moot point as it takes a Mack truck to separate my joints with poly glues. When you drop an object with a CA joint, it can snap quickly at the joint in a New York minute...not so with poly's.

Bob

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Thanks for the info/heads-up Jack,
I am also a poly glue fan. Have been using the Elmers variety now for a couple bottles, but this will be my next one.
I really like the idea of a white colored poly glue, and I agree it may add a little more to the density if it does foam less.
 
per curing time...Sumo seems to be a 2-hour clamp vs. the 4-hr. clamp I use for Gorilla...I'll give it that...

bob
 
from the sumo site faq page:

How should I apply Sumo Glue?
Apply Sumo Glue with a pure mind and heart. This is the essence of the Sumo Master.
First, make gluing surfaces clean, and be sure fit closely together, like two sumo warriors in mid-struggle. Lightly sand very smooth surfaces before gluing to get better stick.

When bonding porous surfaces like wood, concrete and stone, apply Sumo Glue evenly to one surface and clamp for at least 30 minutes.*

When bonding non-porous surfaces, such as metal, plastic, glass, dampen surfaces to be bonded, apply Sumo Glue evenly to one surface, and clamp for at least 90 minutes.*

*Clamp time depends upon humidity. Low humidity may extend clamp time.

So, according to them, clamp time is actually .5 to 1.5 hrs.
 
Most amazing glue I have ever used. I glued a handle on a sauce pan that get a lot of use and heat. it was the second glue I tried-the first failed. It has been a month and the handles is still intact.[:)]
 
So, fellow penturners - Just how DO you "clamp" a pen tube in a blank? Should I just not worry about it and give it a rip of has someone actually come up with a method[?]

Thanks,
Mark
 
Mark,

Some use a super versatile device called "rubber band" [;)]

I don't really use anything, I just place the tubed blanks horizontally on top a table (lined with old newspaper). Never had a tube creep out on me yet out of the few hundreds I glued this way (knock on wood).
 
I'm with Dario on this one. The first few blanks I used Sumo on was with rubber bands. Then I got brave and tried a few more without. Now it's just Sumo, blank, tube and nitrile gloves...... oh yeah, newspaper!

Joe
 
I was about to throw out the latest "Woodpost" from Lowes when I ran across an ad on the inside back cover for Sumo Glue. You can get a free 2 oz. sample of Sumo by going to lowes/promotions but you need a 12 digit PIN code. I'm not sure if you can get a code by signing up for their emails but if you're interested you may want to give it a try.

Mark
 
Interestiing that some found it hard.I forgot what I tried it on but wasn't happy with it at all.It is somewhat "flexible" Never bothered to use it again and certainly won't buy any more.
 
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