The soy-based product provides exceptional performance with environmental and worker benefits. The wood adhesive is made from traditional phenol-resorcinol-formaldehyde resin and an additional soy-based adhesive. The product, PRF/Soy 2000, was developed with soybean checkoff funding from the United Soybean Board (USB), Chesterfield, Mo.
“Adhesives for wood have played an important role in the forest products industry, and this role is growing in importance,” said Chuck Grabiel, commercialization manager at Omni Tech International and technical consultant for USB. “The demonstrated performance of the PRF/Soy 2000 as a durable, exterior-grade glue has dispelled much of the doubt that a natural product can compete with petroleum-based products.”