Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Press board question (OT)
From: Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:33:33 -0700
References: <20020419012748.93835.qmail@web10506.mail.yahoo.com>

There is a glue holding it all together - water soluble glue, generally.

Javier Perez wrote:

>Hi
>I was wondering if anyone knew how pressboard holds
>together. I understand that stacks of wood chips are
>pressed together with enormous pressure but does the
>pressure itself cause the chips to bond together? I
>can't imagine that to be the case, but then again I
>can't find any evidence of any bonding agent among the
>chips. Do they use a powder or something? Whatever it
>is, the bond is enormously strong if you consider how
>many books you can stack on a shelf made of 5/8"
>board.
>Javier
>



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