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Is glue from a hot glue gun an ok subsitute for construction glue?

I'm trying to make a 'book' shelf, where you take two L brackets and glue them onto a book to make a shelf, but I just realize I dont have any construction glue. Will a hot glue gun work? It will be a shelf to hold things when finished.

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1. No, hot glue is not a replacement for construction glue. Hot glue is not strong enough. The bond from construction glue is stronger than the original wood. You can buy a small tube of Liquid Nails, about the size of a tube of tooth paste at your hardware store.
2. Hot glue isn't as strong as construction adhesive, but may work in this case. Cute idea, a "book" shelf. I assume that the L brackets are screwed into the wall and the book serves as the platform part of the shelf? If so, gravity is doing most of the work, the hot glue is just keeping the book from sliding. Since you are destroying the book anyway, I don't see any reason you can't use screws to attach the book in addition to the hot glue.
3. Ask Icarus