Side by Side Comparison of: Tools & More vs Loctite

I'm not sure if they can back up that claim to fame -- but if it's not actually (officially) rated #1 by professionals, it should be.(Another apropos quote from the label is "Ultimate.")My favorite thing about this product is the cap, which seals air tight, like it's brand new, after each use.

This glue has worked great for me! I'm doing picture frames with reclaimed wood and had planned on gluing and screwing the corners. I figured I'd see if this was the ultimate glue and didn't put screws in my first few joints and I think it is the ultimate. No swelling foam like with Gorilla Glue but just an amazingly strong hold. I can't bring myself to not add a screw just in case but I'm confident that this glue won't fail me. I plan on using no other glue now that I have tried this one..

Titebond is always the best glue for woodworking projects. It holds better than anything else I've tried and isn't as much of a negative affect on stain. Some of the research I've read also suggests that it's notably more effective than the polyurethane products that end up being more brittle, easily crack and prevents stain from penetrating the grain.Titebond works far better in all of these areas, and it's easy to clean up.

I first bought this to build an end grain cutting board with and have since used it on some other projects as well. It bonds wood extremely well. I've separated pieces of walnut that had been glued together with this stuff and had the wood split before the glued seam. The only thing I ever use to bond stuff that is stronger than this is epoxy, which is much more expensive, harder to use, and difficult to clean up. As long as it hasn't set, Titebond III cleans up easily with water. Wet or dry, I've found it easy to get it off of my hands (though mine aren't very hairy, your results may vary). It also has that classic wood glue smell, which is all the more pleasant because it's not toxic to breathe.One thing worth noting that may be particular to Titebond is that the bottle tip is pretty resistant to getting filled up with glue and jamming. The Gorilla wood glue that I've used needs to be rinsed with water after pretty much each use in order to keep it open. This bottle never needs anything more than a little chipping off of dried glue from the outside.This stuff sets up quickly when clamped, cleans easily, and is as strong as any wood glue needs to be.

This glue is no joke. Used this stuff to make a sealed box for a pair of FI SSD 12's and it is holding up wonderfully. I even did some destructive testing on some scrap 3/4" mdf and it was crazy how much force it took to break the bond and even then it was the mdf that failed not the glue.

I have been using Franklin International Titebond for 30+ years, when they came out with # II, I was impressed- but with the introduction of #3- I can't find a better wood glue. Even most of the oily exotic woods, wipe with acetone, let it dry- and go for it!- some oily woods do require epoxy, if you are doing an end-grain glue-up, put a thinned coat (not overly thin) to soak into the end grain- (That is the weakest type of glue joint, I always dowel or spline reinforce) - FYI, if doweling, drill about 1/16" deeper and slightly cut a countersink for excess. I also tape off my joints outside the actual wood to wood contact, then remove the squeezed out after 8-10 hours, it makes a very clean surface for the stain or any finish, since no grain is filled with glue, I absolutely love Titebond III, the best wood glue I have found- longer working time, extra strong and Amazon has the best price

Works great

Great glue

works like a charm

* Loctite Is IronMan Tough, Easy to Open, Easy to use. Non-drip Tip makes Control a breeze, and Prevents Messy Cleanups. The Cap Design Cleans And Seals When Closed. Can't Beat That.
* It's A Bit Thicker Than Other Super Glues. It Still Comes Out Easily, But Does Not Drip. Cool.
* It Bonds Glass, Fabric, Metal, Wood, Ceramic, Skin, Rubber, Plastic.... Everything I Have Attempted To Repair.
* Our Glue Box Has 2 Kinds Of Glue: Every Variety Of Loctite And Wood Glue (And Duct Tape). If They Don't Fix It, Nothing Will.
* Today I Used This Bottle To Reattach My Broken Charcoal Grill Knob, Repair My Reading Glass, Attached The Heel On A Shoe, Put The Name Tag On My Flight Bag And To Apply Fingernails ( One Drop For Nails).
* I Grab This Glue All-The-Time. There Are Even 2 Bottles In Our First Aide Kit.
* It's Been For Medical Use Too - My Dog Was Attacked By The Neighbors Dog. She Had An Open Gash. We live 2 hours from The Vet.
* (I'm Not A Doctor Or Giving Medical Advice)
* This Glue Sealed A 2 inch long, 1 Inch Deep, Wound. And it did it in under a Minute. Impressive.
* With the help of my husband, We Cleaned With Peroxide, Then Applied Loctitie Professional To The Inside Wound Edges.
* With nitrate gloves on, I held the wound closed for 20 seconds. It Healed In Less Than A Week. (Everyday I Cleaned It With Peroxide).
* The Non-Drip, Precision Tip, And Gooey Texture, Make It "Super" Easy to apply in Exactly The Right Place.
* The Cap Design Cleans And Seals. I Don't worry about it sealing itself closed. It's Always Ready for next time. Until It's Out.
* I Added A Few Pictures Of Stuff I Fixed (Below).
* Often, I do add a tiny drop of water to a surface to speed drying time.
* If you have any questions feel free to click my user name, it is a hot link, and I will answer you.

** Hope you found this review useful, Thanks.

I left this glue on my table overnight, loosely capped, and found the glue glued to my table... permanently. It has now been a year since it got stuck and it is officially part of the table. Great decoration. My colleagues and I have tried many means to get rid of the glue, mainly just prying at it (ouch, our fingers), poking at it with chopsticks (our chopsticks are dulled), cutting at it with knifes (I think the knife is bent), lathering on nail polish remover (my table is flooding), sawing at it with string (the string broke in half), and getting the glue stuck on our fingers, which took quite some to get off. We managed to twist the bottom part off (Which was still wet and workable even after a year, really great quality guys. Good job. It spilled right away and we were wiping away at it like our life depended on it). When we try to pry it off with our fingers or string, it lifts the table up as well. The force of this glue is greater than the weight of out table..... wow. As glue, it's served its purpose wonderfully. As a decoration, it has also done it's purpose.

Ok, no, srsly, this actually happened tho. how do I get it off T_T

good glue, but had hardened glue stuck in the spout and is clogged have to unscrew and use a popsicle stick to use, i will try and use isopropyl to dissolve it so i can use the spout, kinda annoying

I have used a lot of wood glues, and this is better than most. Residue was easy to clean around joints, and the bond was very strong. I would prefer a flip-top as this style causes the lid to glue itself shut after long storage.

Nice clean up and produced a strong bond.

As described, no problems

Good Glue.

completely satisfied, thank you

Gel is much easier to apply than liquid.

One of the better glues I've used

Great super glue,did everything I wanted.

You know how super glues get clogged up after the first few uses, well this one doesn't seem to share that same problem. While there is a residue that is left which hardens, it flakes off easily without preventing the glue from being squeezed out again.

The dry time could be a little faster for me. It takes a good 5 minutes (even longer sometimes depending on the job) for a solid set, but I like to use a little more than just a little. I will usually resort to a hair dryer to help speed things up (if I planned it right). Otherwise, I'm stuck holding the glued item with both hands waiting anxiously for the time to pass, because I'm unable to release the object.

Glued a pair of reading glasses (you know the $10 pair) that broke around the lense and separated. I did my best to squeeze it back together, but couldn't muster the force to make it all the way. Regardless, the glue held it in place even with a minor gap.

Overall, I'm pleased with this...it's not quite worth 5 stars, but it's a very good product and the price was reasonable.

Initially flowed fine out of the tube but clogged up pretty easily and had to be cleared with a needle. Applicator needs to be redesigned.

The glue appears to have been stored poorly. Perhaps freeze/thaw issues. It's a rather gelatinous blob inside the bottle and cannot come out the spout. I'll be buying my wood glue from the hardware store from now on.

Strong as can be, but stain will discolor. Make sure you wipe it off completely before it dries.

OK

Did the job it was intended to do.

Very nice product.

Uck. Sticks as advertised. How do you get if off your hands?

Glue works well, but poor lid design means it it likely to glue itself shut.

As a Super Glue - it works great for glueing your fingers to the object you are trying to repair. But, the all do that - at least in my experience.

used it to fix glasses didn't really bond right away like its advertised had to let it set for 24 hours even after that the bond still seems kinda weak.

I love Titebond glue. But not this bottle purchased from Amazon. Perhaps it sat in a warehouse too long. The first inch in the bottle was too thin to use, like water. The remainder was too thick; held the bottle upside down for two minutes (imagine coaxing ketchup to the opening) and then having to squeeze with both hands to get some glue applied. Inconvenient and aggravating. It’s like the product needed to be remixed but you can’t easily stir or shake glue. All my future glue purchases will be at the local hardware or home center, not Amazon.

It's no better than Elmers Wood Glue at triple the price!! If the wood that you're gluing is painted, it sticks to the paint, & even the slightest pressure will cause the glued joint to fail. Also advertised as needing little pressure--as in 'stick it together & it's stuck together', this glue is not viscous enough. If you don't lay the piece flat, the glued piece will not stay where you originally placed it. Not worth the $$ paid--went back to E6000 for my woodworking needs.

I'm going back to Titebond II. This stays a bit rubbery and you cant sand it smooth to make an invisible joint in really nice wood. Probably great stuff if you just need stuff to stick together, but fine woodworkers of all sorts will be going back to II.

I do a lot of close tolerance wood working making musical instruments, and have used titebond II for many years with great success. Just tried a bottle of Titebond III because of advertising claims. I built a dulcimer from scratch using walnut, curly maple, and western red cedar, and found this adhesive to be inferior in every way for my use than Titebond II. First, the skin time seems much faster allowing insufficient time to align parts, and excess glue squeezing from joints set up too fast to be removed by wet wiping. This left unsightly blotches in the final finish from glue in the wood pores. It also seems to have less surface tension as drips and runs were much worse than with Titebond II and difficult to remove. A test block of red cedar to maple broke at the joint tearing very little wood while an identical test of version two showed much stronger adhesion. I don't know how great this product may be for outdoor stuff but it sucks for making musical instruments, and I won't be using it again. Newer is not always better.

This is a very strong glue. It recently won a fair and well-orchestrated glue face-off. I use it. But I'd like to know who came up with the 10-minute open time thing. To me open time is the time available to maneuver parts into position before applying clamp pressure. I recently made an oak picture frame (3" wide x 1-1/2" thick) with biscuits in the mitered corners. The parts came off the miter sled fitting perfectly. Prepared the glue-up table so I could work quickly and started. When all four pieces were in position (about 3 minutes max) the first corner had seized and would not close. Had to take the assembly apart, clean up the glue, retrim the corners, and do it again (using epoxy). By my definition this glue's open time is about 10 milliseconds. I definitely do not recommend it for even slightly complicated glue-ups. For straight-forward gluing it is fast and strong, ie, if you build some sort of jig for your shop you'll probably be able to use it within a few hours. But the 10-minute open time is a myth.

I bought this to use on a ceramic kitchen spoon. It did not work and then my son tried it. It did not work for him. Very disappointed since the spoon was a present from my granddaughter.

UPDATE Dec 4 2016: Nope. Gets stuck just like any other 'super glue'. Just get the cheapest one, they are all good for two or three applications.

ORIGINAL REVIEW (5 stars) I have tried several brands of 'super glue' and this one so far has been the best. The glue itself is good, but, to be honest, most acrylate glues are. What stands it apart for me is that the cap design is very well thought out and just works. So far it has never been clogged for me, and whereas with other brands I can use the glue once or twice and then it locks up dead and I have to cut off the top, this product works for me every time. For this reason alone it gets five stars from me.

It works on fingers but not on 2 pieces of clean and dry wood.

Not a very good application, very hard to control and tip crusts up easily. Cap finally got glued on permanently so I had to unscrew the entire tip off the bottle and apply glue with either a pin or a toothpick, which turned out to be a very effective way to apply glue without getting it all over.

It turned out that loctite gel based super glue works much better, as it does not run. But if you need the glue to flow into a small area or crack, that's when the original will come in handy.

No big deal with this 'pro' version. Says quick setting......like in 5 seconds but hold for 30 for better grab. Try 3 minutes.....it actually is no better or quicker to set than the cheaper Super Glues you can buy with 3 in the pack for less than this.

The glue cap was all plugged up out of the box and no air or glue could pass through the tip. Don't know whether this is an Amazon shelf-life, or a Titebond product problem.

Arrived in a gelatinous mass inside the bottle. I will order another bottle.

paid way too much

I constructed a counter top of end grain hard maple. The end grain is the work surface; the joints are all flat grain. After a few months, in the area where the top is used most, all joints are failing. Examination under magnification shows that the glue simply softened. The top was thoroughly saturated with mineral oil. (General Finishes.) Either water or food or cleaning agents (I use Fantastic) caused total failure of the glue. After this experience, I won't use this glue for anything and will probably shift to something other than a Franklin product for quick glue jobs. All critical jobs will be done with epoxy.

There's no way in the world this product should not be working. DOES NOT WORK PERIOD. I was very excited about receiving this glue in order to glue my daughter's trophy she won and broke the same day. I'm beyond upset I believe some one sent me WATER, that's exactly how worthless it is. I am requesting a REFUND immediately. 😡😡😡😡

3 days after receiving my glue the bottle apparently became glued shut. I can't open it and there's a lot of glue left in the container. It was a waste of money. The product works well but it's disappointing to be unable to open it.

I wanted to use this to glue laminated pictures of my students to their own plastic bucket (for a bucket filling activity/bulletin board). It DID NOT work. I left them overnight and the pictures still came off the bucket. It may work for other projects or surfaces, but, it did not work on plastic.

This product takes a very long time to dry. It is very runny and hard to work with. I prefer the Gel Version made by this brand.
It does work -if you have the time to wait (and hold) what you are gluing together...