Side by Side Comparison of: Elmer's vs Gorilla

competitive price, quick delivery. I prefer this glue because it sets a bit slower (gives you more time for setup), and MUCH easier to spread than regular Elmer's wood glue (which I've used forever). It also is a bit more forgiving for stain and sanding than regular Elmer's. Buy a small bottle and see how you like it. If so, get the gallon and refill your bottle with it.

This is the old faithful, and it simply works. Properly glued wood joints with this are stronger than the wood itself. I know that we get loyal to brands we know, but there is a reason for that loyalty. When you know the product works, you go back to it again and again. I've tried Titebonds 18 versions of wood glue and never felt confident in picking the right one for the job at hand. (OK, I'm exaggerating. It's only Titebond original, i, ii, and iii; but should I actually have to do an internet search to figure out which glue I need to secure a wood joint?!) I tried the stainable version, which apparently they now call Max. Nothing bonds raw oak, poplar, or pine as securely as old faithful here. To get a perfectly stainable surface, just hand sand the glued joint after it dried to get back to the raw wood grain. It's not that hard, and the strength of the resultant bond is worth the extra minute of sanding to me. The glue when properly stored keeps well over time as well, but I do store mine indoors to avoid the affects of Texas summer garage heat.

The Elmer's E7310 Carpenter's Wood Glue is an excellent glue to use. Extremely strong bond, fast drying time and stains fairly well. So far my experience in staining over some little glue spots is: the glue stains a little lighter shade than the wood when the glue is 100% dry. If I run some stain over the glue while the glue is about 70% dry you don't see the glue spots. A stain pen works very well. Just run the pen along your seams and call it done. Very impressed with this wood glue.

I am an analytical person so I bought several wood glues. Gorrilla wood glue, Titebond I, Titebond II, and this glue. They all seemed to have about the same holding strength, same working time. I am building high-end cabinets for my house.

I put a big glob of each glue on a piece of cherry wood, smeared it around, and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Then I wiped each glob off and waited for it to dry. I lightly hand sanded the wood and applied a clear finish. The Elmers glue showed the least of all the glues, it was hardly noticeable. I used Minwax wipe-on polyurethane.

I have been buying only this glue for the last two years for my cabinet work and I am very satisfied with it. I have purchased it in gallon size and in 16 ounce size. I have been refilling my 16 ounce bottles but the nozzle tends to break after time. I have been using a "honey bear" container to finish up my gallon. I am tending to buy the 16 ounce size now so I will have glue bottles with nozzles available.

Deployed in Afghanistan with the Army and needed glue over here so I ordered some of the newfangled Elmer's "MAX" glue and had it shipped over. Built 5 sets of shelves, some tables and a bunch of miscellaneous things and where I have watched other things people have made fall apart in the heat, this stuff has held up admirably well so far. I'm a fan.

Since I only have the one bottle, I'm not sure if it's something way better than the non-MAX version, but I definitely like how it's worked so far. :)

Have an antique buffet with split caused by warped top board separating from frame below. Glued and clamped together. When unclamped, the glue held against the warp

Built some Ikea furniture and used this. It was great for the wood pegs, didn't dry to fast, and easy to control. Perfect.

Gorilla glue works great. It is the best glue that I have used for wood. It is quick drying and a good consistency.

Works great on all my projects with a very very strong hold. Has worked with various wood types I have tried it on and the bottle top is made well preventing a lot of glue from staying and hardening in the tip. Would recommend for use to any amateur DIYer or professional.

I bought this to repair a crack in a wood cutting board. The consistency was thin enough to ooze through a very fine crack. The glue dried clear and hard overnight and then I sanded it down level with the cutting board. Now I can barely find the repair. This glue worked great for this purpose.

Works get. It did just the job I intended it to do. I have my husband currently doing a project and this wood glue proved to be worth every penny. It did work great, my only complain is the smell other than that, it was a great buy.

This glue can be used for a lot of projects around the house. It is very good for bonding wood, and a lot of other things, too. The pros are that it is very strong, especially on porous materials such as wood, cardboard, paper and cloth. So it is great for household repairs and craft projects. It is non-toxic so you don't have to worry about children handling it. No fumes, either.

Cleanup is easy with a damp cloth. Also, when completely dry it can be finished with a bit of sandpaper. Water cleanup means that you can get it off your hands or clothes easily.

Elmer's glue is easy to work with. You apply it from the pop open top and it is the right thickness so that you can use a little or a lot as you need it. This cuts down on waste and keeps the glue from drying out in the container.

The only thing that you have to remember is that it takes about 24 hours to fully harden in most places. This is the major con.
Another con is you also have to do a good job of preparing the surfaces you will be gluing-- no oils, dirt, dust or old glue.

Because carpenter's glue is not fast-drying, you need to clamp or bind the items being glued in place for a while. If you are gluing cardboard or leather, you can put weights on the top. The good side of this is that you have some time to position the items and you can wipe off any excess glue without having to be in a big hurry.

Both my husband and I like this product very much and will likely buy it again. The new formula is resistant to the elements, mildew and molds. This makes it really great for a lot of household repairs, indoors and out (we are renovating our house)

Elmer's E7020 Carpenter's Wood Glue, 16 OuncesYou can't go wrong with Elmer's glue if you get the the one that is made for the job you are doing. I bought the wood glue to do my cat scratching post, while I had to wait to get other sisal I had some wood projects that needed done. This glue when used and clamped to dry is stronger than the wood. Before I used it for my project I tested with some scraps, very strong glue joints.

This has a fast set-up and dry time similar to Titebond red but it is waterproof like Titebond green.

It has a thicker consistency than any of the Titebond glues because it has fine wood fibers mixed into it, much the same way you'd add chopped fiberglass or carbon fiber powder to epoxy resin to make it thicker and stronger and also fill gaps better.

The thicker consistency helps minimize dripping. Projects that I've used it on seem to be bonded very very strongly as you'd expect with any modern wood glue, "stronger than the wood it's bonding".

Very fast set up time means that I only use it for small or simple projects, anything with a complex glue up or multiple parts, much better to use Titebond 2 or 3 for the increased open time.

I see this as a good replacement for Titebond 1 (red) because it sets up just as fast, but I think that it's stronger (those wood fibers) and it's waterproof so you can use it for outside projects.

I have this 40 yr. old bookcase that I just could NOT give up on. It started "leaning" so I figured it was time to do something about it.

This IS a great glue. I did reinforce the wooden connections with my staple gun.

I will be buying more of this great glue.

Gorilla Wood Glue works just fine.

doesn't bond well on bamboo

Works well. Used it to repair moving damage to my antique dresser.

This material literally serves my wood gluing purposes; a must have in my home.

Great stuff!! I used this to repair our custom kitchen cabinets that had not been treated gently by the previous owners of our new house.
This stuff is a bit more liquidy than I would have expected or liked, so I did have some drips, but I just used less the next time. The repair is solid though, so for my purpose, it worked very well.

Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Glue Max (reorder E7310), has worked well for several projects. However the dispenser on the 16 ounce version has become clogged every time that I used it. Other brands that I used in the past were always easy to open and did not become clogged.

Great wood glue- Weird top pulls up... don't twist or you'll break it like me.Maybe it's because I bought my last bottle of wood glue in 1986

bought it specially for my dinning chairs, it was gone lose. Did the job. It was steady as brand new. But that didn't last for too long (1-2 months), it got lose again

It's glue. It sticks stuff together. Not much else to say. Elmer's is an 'old', reliable brand. This stuff has some tiny wood 'filings' in it- I guess that's supposed to make it better; I'm using it for other craft projects that require it be watered down… the wood sinks to the bottom, and is kind of gunky. If you don't have to worry about the stuff 'showing', it's good glue :)

Worked good on my broken ceramic hen..not so much on a wooden decorative slat on the couch and I don't recommend this for anything that even had a slight chance of getting wet

delivered quickly and works as described

I think I expected more from this, but to me it's like Elmer's wood glue. I needed it for some spindles in a kitchen chair that wouldn't stay put. Guess I just should have got the wood glue instead, but I figured this would be a good product to have on hand anyway. Don't see what all the fuss is about.

Does NOT dry clear.

good product.

Don't know if it works yet, but the applicator tip is worthless. Won't open or close, can't even move it with needle-nose pliers and cuss words. Hope the glue is better than the container.

Didn't work well for our wood project

After a year and a half of sparing use and careful closing of nozzle, the glue has dried up and has become very viscous to the point of being unworkable. The glue worked fine in the beginning so you'll have to work quickly to use it up. I've read that diluting with water will alter the adhesive properties for the worse. I'm not inclined to test that.

Glue seems fine, typical wood glue. Only time will tell for sure. The two stars rating is for the bottle. It has the standard pop up cap, but it takes pliers or a large flat tip screwdriver to open. Even when it is open, the glue flows at a trickle--worthless for any large project. I had to put it in a squeeze bottle I bought at Malwart and now it works fine.

Tried using it on my dresser that had a smaller sliver off. I tried glueing in back on and it wouldn't stick and made my fingers stick more to the dresser. Came off next day. I think this is more for bigger pieces needing glueing that don't show cosmetically.

Didn't work for what I needed it for

This does glue wood together like it is supposed to. It is pretty much the same as the Titebond use usually. The reason for 2 stars is the bottle is very stiff and difficult to squeeze. Unless the bottle is nearly full I cant squeeze it with one hand. For the average user this isn't a big deal, but any woodworker will understand. I will continue buying Titebond in the future.

glue works fine, but the idiots at Amazon need to learn that putting a bottle of glue in a box under a 40lb bag of cat litter is a BAD IDEA

The description on Amazon said this glue is non-toxic, but that is not stated anywhere on the product, and therefore does not seem to be true at all. Very disappointing.

It seem like this glue bottle was old stock, or had been opened before. The glue was dried up inside the bottle, had the consistency of a very thick paste. Unusable.

Perhaps this bottle was defective, but it was watery and when it finally dried, it popped right off the wood.

Arrived completely congealed and unusable.

The glue/brown part was dried up. There was some clear liquid inside on top of the dry brown part. I stirred it repeatedly, even took the cap off and stirred and stirred with a screwdriver all the way to the bottom of the container but it remained an extremely thick chunky, foamy substance. Could not use it.

Both bottles were unusable through spout..completely molded to container - removed top to use...could be the shelf life or temperature was a factor...went to Home Depot to purchase, as it was urgent to have.

Arrived solidified inside

terrible stuff

This stuff is complete trash! You're better off just using gum!