• Jim Bentley
    15
    Anyone thin the yellow weldwood landau top adhesive, if so with what? I never have, but it spits like crazy out of my cup gun when it sits for awhile.
  • Joe Chiaramonte
    12
    I have been thinning with Toluene it works great. Xylol or xylene is sold at big box stores as an alternate to Toluene but it does not work as well.
  • Fred Mattson
    152
    Be very careful when thinning adhesives. The chemical imbalance can cause the glue to loose its ability to bond like it was originally designed.

    If you try adding some fresh adhesive to the old, it may help solve the problem of spraying. Otherwise just use the older glue with a brush and only spray fresh adhesive.
  • Geoff Horsfall
    8
    10% lacquer thinner works fine for weldwood. It sprays finer for certain jobs that you need to have a smooth glue layer. I don't thin for carpet for example but do for vinyl. It just evaporates and has no ill effects.
  • Ian Szlosek
    1
    I use Toluene as well. speeds up flash time. Less spitting.
  • Geoff Horsfall
    8
    Toluene is probably more correct for thinning but I don't have any tolulene, I have lacquer thinner lol. I use lacquer thinner for my paint gun or when I only have that one crusty glue brush that needs softening to finish a job, so it's always on hand and that's what the glue gun gets too.
    I'm pretty sure any solvent that ends with "ene" is really bad for you too.
  • David Mandujano
    19
    I use acetone haven't had any ill effects yet.
  • Mark Calkins
    8
    I have been using lacquer for thinning and Naphtha for clean-up for years. "A little dab will do ya", if you're old enough to remember that phrase. :cool:
  • Jim Bentley
    15
    Yes, I'm hip to the Brill cream.
  • Mike Silva
    1
    I have used Acitone without any issues.
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