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Glue up hell
Attached is a picture of the huge glue up I had to do on a toy box. 3 or 4
biscuits in all 6 pieces. I used white glue and there was good news and bad news. The good news is that it set up slowly so I could work with it a long time (I probably spent 20-25 minutes getting everything all glued and set up and clamped). The bad news is that is it quite runny so it ran quickly down my pre-stained surfaces. ( I prestained everything so that glue that I missed wouldn't prevent uneven absorbtion of the stain). I wiped it off but as you may be able to see from the picture, there is still residual glue on there. I guess I will have to sand with 220 or 320 and possibly put on more stain. I don't know yet. I will not use white glue again. It is a good thing my wife was gone because I was using a few 4 letter words as only a woodworker can imagine! |
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... Attached is a picture of the huge glue up I had to do on a toy box. 3 or 4 biscuits in all 6 pieces. I used white glue and there was good news and bad news. The good news is that it set up slowly so I could work with it a long time (I probably spent 20-25 minutes getting everything all glued and set up and clamped). The bad news is that is it quite runny so it ran quickly down my pre-stained surfaces. ( I prestained everything so that glue that I missed wouldn't prevent uneven absorbtion of the stain). I wiped it off but as you may be able to see from the picture, there is still residual glue on there. I guess I will have to sand with 220 or 320 and possibly put on more stain. I don't know yet. I will not use white glue again. It is a good thing my wife was gone because I was using a few 4 letter words as only a woodworker can imagine! Dick - I feel your pain. When I glue up the rockers for a rocking horse I use most of the clamping devices in the shop. Each rocker has 5 parts and there is good potential for voids if not aligned well. This ends up being one of those pucker momements. Luckily for me, I get to band-saw most of the edges away so I don't end up with the run-out problems you have to control. Good looking project. Child, grandchild or friend? RonB |
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"RonB" wrote in message ... "Dick Snyder" wrote in message ... Attached is a picture of the huge glue up I had to do on a toy box. 3 or 4 biscuits in all 6 pieces. I used white glue and there was good news and bad news. The good news is that it set up slowly so I could work with it a long time (I probably spent 20-25 minutes getting everything all glued and set up and clamped). The bad news is that is it quite runny so it ran quickly down my pre-stained surfaces. ( I prestained everything so that glue that I missed wouldn't prevent uneven absorbtion of the stain). I wiped it off but as you may be able to see from the picture, there is still residual glue on there. I guess I will have to sand with 220 or 320 and possibly put on more stain. I don't know yet. I will not use white glue again. It is a good thing my wife was gone because I was using a few 4 letter words as only a woodworker can imagine! Dick - I feel your pain. When I glue up the rockers for a rocking horse I use most of the clamping devices in the shop. Each rocker has 5 parts and there is good potential for voids if not aligned well. This ends up being one of those pucker momements. Luckily for me, I get to band-saw most of the edges away so I don't end up with the run-out problems you have to control. Good looking project. Child, grandchild or friend? RonB Thanks Ron. This is for my grandson. |
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"Dick Snyder" wrote in message ... Attached is a picture of the huge glue up I had to do on a toy box. 3 or 4 biscuits in all 6 pieces. I used white glue and there was good news and bad news. The good news is that it set up slowly so I could work with it a long time (I probably spent 20-25 minutes getting everything all glued and set up and clamped). The bad news is that is it quite runny so it ran quickly down my pre-stained surfaces. ( I prestained everything so that glue that I missed wouldn't prevent uneven absorbtion of the stain). I wiped it off but as you may be able to see from the picture, there is still residual glue on there. I guess I will have to sand with 220 or 320 and possibly put on more stain. I don't know yet. I will not use white glue again. It is a good thing my wife was gone because I was using a few 4 letter words as only a woodworker can imagine! I am happy to report that I was able to wash the toy box a couple of times with a sponge, letting it dry between times, and all the glue dust came off without resorting to resanding and possible applying more stain. I still don't plan to use white glue again but at least the results were not quite so painful. |
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Dick Snyder wrote:
I am happy to report that I was able to wash the toy box a couple of times with a sponge, letting it dry between times, and all the glue dust came off without resorting to resanding and possible applying more stain. I still don't plan to use white glue again but at least the results were not quite so painful. Glad the story has a happy ending. I don't know any woodworkers that still use white glue. I always use either yellow glue or Titebond Polyurethane Glue. The trick to glue is to let it cure until it's solid, but soft and squishy, then gently scrape it off with a chisel. Be careful not to cut the wood of course. If you wipe it, you'll often force it into the pores and stain the wood. Cutting it off after partially cured leaves very little on the wood. Much easier to deal with. The polyurethane glues foam up a lot, but are quite sandable. They'll also give you a longer working time before setup. So we can look forward to some photos of the finished product soon I presume? ....Kevin -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb |
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"Kevin Miller" wrote in message ... Dick Snyder wrote: I am happy to report that I was able to wash the toy box a couple of times with a sponge, letting it dry between times, and all the glue dust came off without resorting to resanding and possible applying more stain. I still don't plan to use white glue again but at least the results were not quite so painful. Glad the story has a happy ending. I don't know any woodworkers that still use white glue. I always use either yellow glue or Titebond Polyurethane Glue. The trick to glue is to let it cure until it's solid, but soft and squishy, then gently scrape it off with a chisel. Be careful not to cut the wood of course. If you wipe it, you'll often force it into the pores and stain the wood. Cutting it off after partially cured leaves very little on the wood. Much easier to deal with. The polyurethane glues foam up a lot, but are quite sandable. They'll also give you a longer working time before setup. So we can look forward to some photos of the finished product soon I presume? ...Kevin -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb I had chosen white glue for the slower setup time. Polyurethane glues would have worked too but I didn't want to be scraping the foam out of all those corners inside the toy box. Here are some (disappointing) pictures. In the pictures it looks like I either failed to put my finish on correctly or the box is covered with dust. Neither is the case (I don't think). To my eye, the white blotches are not there but to the camera, they ARE. Huh.... In any case, here is the finished box. I sure wonder why the photos look so weird........ My kids have other furniture in my grandson's room that is made of birch with a cherry stain. I'm not a big fan of birch because of the way it takes a stain (sort of like pine) but they wanted it to match everything else and so it does. |
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"Kevin Miller" wrote in message ... Dick Snyder wrote: I am happy to report that I was able to wash the toy box a couple of times with a sponge, letting it dry between times, and all the glue dust came off without resorting to resanding and possible applying more stain. I still don't plan to use white glue again but at least the results were not quite so painful. Glad the story has a happy ending. I don't know any woodworkers that still use white glue. I always use either yellow glue or Titebond Polyurethane Glue. The trick to glue is to let it cure until it's solid, but soft and squishy, then gently scrape it off with a chisel. Be careful not to cut the wood of course. If you wipe it, you'll often force it into the pores and stain the wood. Cutting it off after partially cured leaves very little on the wood. Much easier to deal with. The polyurethane glues foam up a lot, but are quite sandable. They'll also give you a longer working time before setup. So we can look forward to some photos of the finished product soon I presume? ...Kevin -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb Those pictures I just posted have been bugging me. I went back to the basement and shined a bright light at about a 15 degree angle from the surface and sure enough those marks are there. I had never noticed them under any normal lighting conditions but the flash on the camera really brought them up for some reason. I have more work to do! |
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"Dick Snyder" wrote in message Those pictures I just posted have been bugging me. I went back to the basement and shined a bright light at about a 15 degree angle from the surface and sure enough those marks are there. I had never noticed them under any normal lighting conditions but the flash on the camera really brought them up for some reason. I have more work to do! If you don't tell, we won't tell; flash lighting can be brutal. Overall nice job though. |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message ... "Dick Snyder" wrote in message Those pictures I just posted have been bugging me. I went back to the basement and shined a bright light at about a 15 degree angle from the surface and sure enough those marks are there. I had never noticed them under any normal lighting conditions but the flash on the camera really brought them up for some reason. I have more work to do! If you don't tell, we won't tell; flash lighting can be brutal. Overall nice job though. Last night I sanded and put on a third coat of satin poly. The marks are now gone. I won't both posting another set of pictures because you get the idea. I'm guessing that the same issues that birch has with taking stain in an inconsistent fashion also exists for the poly. Those white spots were areas where the poly had been absorbed into the wood more than other spots. What the camera was showing was relative changes in reflectance from the wood. The white spots were areas that didn't reflect much light because they weren't as shiny as the rest of the wood. Who knew? Now I do. |
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