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msmiley stainable glue
April 8th, 2008 12:46 PM
Does anyone have any tips for dealing with glue leftover on some edges hindering the stain?

I'm tired of dealing with this problem. In the past, I've just sanded the spots down some more right then and there while staining, but I'd rather fix the underlying problem.

Is stainable glue the way to go? I've heard that sometime it accepts too much stain and gets really dark.
Or is it best to get a brightly colored glue so that you can see the problem spots ahead of time?
Adam No winner
April 8th, 2008 02:15 PM
Glue squeeze out is a tricky situation.

Some people try to clean-up the excess glue "fresh" with a moist cloth and end up thinning trace amounts of glue and sending it DEEP into the surrounding wood grain.

Other people try to use small quantities of glue, avoiding much if any squeeze out, but often resulting in weaker glue-starved joints.

Sanding is interesting, in that some of the glue can heat up slightly and be forced deeper into the wood grain.

My method of attack has been to use various shaped hand scrapers to precisely remove any dry - excess glue.

The squeeze out can be leveled quickly using a standard straight-bladed rectangular hand scraper.

I then use a slightly moistened clean rag, run across the glued area, to quickly determine where any left over glue might be hiding.

A curved blade scraper is gently applied to "spoon out" the affected areas.

Then, a pad sander (hand or power) can be applied to smooth out the area and knock down the raised grain caused by the moist cloth glue detection step.
msmiley for next time
April 9th, 2008 09:04 AM
Adam,
I'll have to try your method next time.

I think we all just have a natural instinct to try to wipe up the squeeze-out right away.

But, I think your right; it will be a whole lot easier to clean up if you wait till it's dry, a lot of it might just chip off from the pressure of your scraper.

Thanks for the tip!
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