Glue for wood laminating comprising thermosetting condensation resin and modified PVA

A glue for wood laminating which comprises a thermosetting condensation resin and a modified polyvinyl alcohol having a hydrophobic group in the side chain thereof, said modified polyvinyl alcohol being present in an amount 0.2 to 5% by weight based on the thermosetting glue and being produced by copolymerizing vinyl acetate and a monomer having a hydrophobic alkyl group in the side chain thereof and subsequently saponifying the vinyl acetate moiety of the resultant copolymer to a degree of not less than 75 mol percent or by esterifying or etherifying hydroxyl groups of a polyvinyl alcohol, said monomer used for said copolymerization being at least one member selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of aliphatic acids and alkyl vinyl ethers.