On 1/24/2010 10:34 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 1/24/2010 10:23 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Nahm floods the **** ouf ot the glue, ending up with enough residue
all over the wood to keep his polyurinestain and stains from
sticking/soaking in. I never could figure that one out. They must
build several units on the set and have someone experienced glue up
the one they ruin with stains and such, huh?

I've tried "taping the joints" countless times and generally end up
spending more time removing little blue bits of tape (now firmly glued
to the project by the squeeze out) from nooks and crannies before
finishing, then I did in building the project.

In short, I try to practice glue economy in the first place ... then
ditto on letting it dry, or almost dry, and using a chisel to remove any
squeeze out.

After all, the presence of squeeze out means you used too damn much glue
...

But it also means you know you didn't use too little. I've had the same
problem with blue tape, but I still use that method, and I also do the
pre-finishing thing too; both of them can be helpful. Sometimes I don't even
bother and use the card scraper after the glue has set, or even right after
it's squeezed out, followed by a vigorous wipe with a damp cloth. It kinda
depends on how big the glue-up is, the shapes and accessibility of the
surfaces, and what kind of wood I'm using and what kind of finish I intend to
apply. So yeah, it depends. :-)

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