Adhesives for Woodworking & Timber in Namibia

Ponal handles interior production joints excellently — the failures blamed on glue here are usually moisture mismatches: gluing kiln-dry stock that then acclimatises, or machining tight joints in July that gape in October. Acclimatise timber to the workshop, glue clean fresh surfaces, clamp properly, and standard PVA serves. Where the piece meets weather or wet, step to WD 279.

Contact-adhesive discipline: coat both faces at the specified rate, flash off fully (fast here — do not outrun it into a dry-bond), position perfectly because there is no adjusting, and roller-press from the centre out. Heat delaminating laminate almost always traces to starved corners and rushed flash times, not the adhesive tin.

Where PVA physics gives up: end-grain joints, gap-filling on reclaimed or cracked stock, bonding timber to metal or stone inserts, and repairs where clamping is impossible. Jayco Bond in the litre pack is the workshop epoxy; Sicomin (from our composites range) covers river tables and clear structural fills. Epoxy squeeze-out plans its own sanding.

Real margin: the 5-litre Ponal against retail 500 ml pricing pays for itself within a production month, decanted at the bench into squeeze bottles. Add contact adhesive by the litre and the annual adhesive line drops by a third. Trade accounts bundle adhesives with the finishing order — one delivery, one invoice, both sides of the shop.