I made an attic door using Titebond II about 12 years ago, out
of strips of scrap wood I clamped together.
It hangs overhead, an overhead trap door. I walk under it
everytime I leave my bedroom.
The constant gravity is doing what gravity does, there are only
three connection points; two hinges, and a clasp made out of a
screw and some kind of aluminum curtain rod holder that happened
to be the perfect size/shape to work as a lock.
Logic makes for fine furniture... but remember that Titebond II
is water-resistant and Titebond III has claimed of
waterproof-ness, yet I might use Resorcinol if I wanted
water-tight logic.
Still, the formaldahyde is also used to preserve dead bodies, so
I prefer living logic. I'll probably stick with Titebond II and
keep my logic out of the sea. Or if I really want my logic to
float, maybe a nice Epoxy resin. I'll just have to check my
logic for leaks now and again.
Mickey Mouse summary: Know how far your logic can go and where
it breaks down. The glue might be strong but might not survive
rough conditions.
yet so far, as hard as it tries, neither gravity nor differing
heat/humidity levels (hot humid attic, air conditioned dry
underneath) has warped it.
I'm a definite fan of Titebond II for indoor projects. And ...
clamps. Clamps are marvelous.
Fixed an outdoor bench with titebond II. It was perfect... for a
few years anyway. Water resistant means just that.
Still.. that attic door. I was sad the day I had to paint one
side of it. Not my choice. The wood, already dead, which is bad
enough... now covered by a coating of rubber. Not that I
excessively empathize... but.. I excessively empathize. I
remember thinking, "great, now the wood can't breathe." But I
suppose it is assisting in the preservation of the trapdoor, so
it's not all bad I suppose.
I left the attic side naked though. Poor wood's gotta have
freedom somehow, even if nobody sees it. Summary Attic =
brain/imagination/thoughts Painted house side = outward
appearance to the world. And yeah, it's a real door and I really
thought that stuff while I was painting it. I like my symbolics
to be tangibles. There. My real + symbolic brain/attic-naked
side social/house-side painted trap door. XD Oh thankfully I
don't have T-lock shingles. Just standard, plain old I don't
know what they're called, overlapping shingles with the sand on
top, the dinosaur goo underneath that merges with other dinosaur
goo under the sun's heat, on top of paper impregnated (PREGNANT!
WHO'S THE FATHER!? I'm certainly not the father!) - with more
dinosaur goo, on top of plywood, on top of rafters in an
attic-made-useless by the structural choice of ALL TRUSSES
EVERYWHERE... ugh.
Still, since I wasn't learning Russian anymore, I had to put
them books somewhere and build a trap-door to get there in the
first place. ?? ??????.
