Glue clear-up, how do you check?

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goldeneyedmonkey

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Hi all,

Quick one for y'all. During staining (which I am doing more & more often to my annoyance:)) I found that I'd missed a bit of glue squeeze-out/ clear-up that I should have seen during the final sanding. There was no way I could have sanded back at that point so I just had to carry on staining. It's not in a very obvious place at all, but it really annoyed me.

I normally just check from different angles, whilst moving the light source around as well. But this time said technique has failed me. Is there a better way? Even if it's not on a piece that needs to be stained I obvioulsy don't want visible glue as it'll foul up finshes still. I'm using Titebond II by the way. Does anyone use the UV reactive Titebond?

Thanks in advance. _Dan.
 
Denatured Alcohol will show it up like a stain, white spirit if you haven't got any of that. Just dab it down your glue lines and see what shows.
 
Thanks chems, just another good reason to go about reading random posts. I never heard that one before. The tiny amount of gluing that matters (on stuff folk might see) that I have done has been pretty much invisible , thankfully... Yet now that spring has begun to spring I am going to do up a real workbench to make some stuff that may leave the basement. That little tip might save me some grief, thanks pal.
 
Hi,

I have stained things before glue up, like the inside of boxes that would be impossible to clean up after glueing.

Pete
 
Chems":2jiziiiu said:
Denatured Alcohol will show it up like a stain, white spirit if you haven't got any of that. Just dab it down your glue lines and see what shows.

Nice1 Chems, I take it that it doesn't affect the timber or the subsequent finish in any way then? Cheers _Dan.
 
jimi43":ldndlgg6 said:
Use a scraper helps too...it tends to shave off the residue rather than sanding which just mixes it up.

Jim

I've just bought a scraper set, haven't used it yet, but will get right on it. I'll be using Chems suggestion as well as scrapers, no chance I'm getting any glue missed now! :D

Cheers all. _Dan
 
If your getting a scraper get the burnisher from workshop heaven and watch the video Matt put up. (Should show up on a search)

I have the veritas variable burnisher and its not a patch on the simpler one from Workshop heaven.
 
Like some of the others, here, I always pre-finish the inside surfaces of all components before assembly, whenever it's practical.

Cascamite has many advantages over PVA but, once it's cured, it's far more hazardous; in the sense that the residue becomes harder than glass! It'll blunt your tools; I've cut myself on it several times and, I've even heard horrific tales of people being off to A&E with shards of dried cascamite in their eye... :? I usually try to pick it off with a chisel while it's in its rubbery state, before it sets. Try to wipe it away and you'll make one heck of a mess!

Just out of interest, has anyone tried using a chisel plane, like this one, to remove excess glue? It looks like the kind of tool you could very easily make yourself but, I wouldn't bother myself unless I knew it was going to be effective?
 
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