The only difference I believe is the tack time or dry time. Yellow glue dries faster.

 

White glue also drys clear, good for projects that have been prefinished.

 

Really, Wayne?
Do you think white is as strong? I never thought so. But then, I use TBll.

 

From what I understand, the bond strength for each is the same. Here is a link with a bit more info.

http://www.woodworkingadvice.com/pva-glue/pva-glue-polyvinyl-acetate.html

 

Huh! Learned something new. Thanks for that, Wayne. White is a little cheaper too, than TBll, where I buy my glue.
Hardly any of my projects need to be water proof, so I guess I'll start using the White ….... when I run through the gallon of yellow I just bought!

 

Very interesting, thanks for the info.

 

Gorilla white glue seems to work best for me. It seems that tbII likes to leave stains.

 

From what I have been told. yellow glue is designed to work with woods that have a higher moisture content. These would be the construction 2×4 and such. Whereas, white glue works on lower moisture woods like the kiln dried lumber at 7-8% .Plus, since yellow glue has a color to it, some woodworkers do not like it. I have been told, since you paid top have your wood kiln dried, why use a yellow glue that reintroduces more moisture into that joint that you need to pull the glue solids into the wood.

 

I think you'll find that there are several different types of both white and yellow glues, each with different properties.

Here's some white glue that dries faster than yellow.
http://www.titebond.com/IntroPageTB.ASP?UserType=1&ProdSel=ProductCategoryTB.asp?prodcat=1

 

I prefer white glue, Helmitin Helmibond to be exact. I like it because as Jim stated, it dries clear.