Popular Post Scrappile Posted January 29, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) The last thing I did before I sprayed finish on my 23rd Psalms piece was glue on the medallion on top of the piece. I put glue on the back of the medallion, and put it in place. As I was getting ready to clamp it my wife called down to me to go open the gate, we had company. I hurriedly clamped it in place and did as I was commanded (as usual). I did not notice until much later, that the medallion had moved as I clamped it. It was around 1/8" off center..... Glue was set. I thought, well no one will notice,,,, but I knew, and it drove me crazy. I did not sleep last night, thinking about how I could possibly fix it. I thought of two options. 1: try heating and see it the glue would give before I scorched the wood, or 2: sand it off. Start with a belt sander until I got it very thin, then switch to a random orbit sander to finish it. I just knew there was a good chance I would slip with the belt sander and destroy something, but worth trying. I took some scraps of the same wood, glue it to a piece of BB, even sprayed it with the Deft finish I used on the piece and tried the heat gun on it. It worked, so I decided that is what I would do. I used a putty to pry with. Laid other pieces of BB around the medallion to protect what was close by and went to work with the heat gun,,,, very slowly and carefully. It worked great! got the medallion off with nothing burning or breaking. Sand the old glue off, cleaned everything real good, re-glued the medallion back on where it belonged... LIFE IS GOOD! Edited January 30, 2019 by Scrappile jollyred, RabidAlien, bobscroll and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Congrats on the repair. Happy to her it all turned out positive for you. SCROLLSAW703, Scrappile and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaideman Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Great Idea and glad it worked well. Not that I would ever glue something where it did not belong but when ever I have done it I use a hair dry and worked well. SCROLLSAW703, WayneMahler, OCtoolguy and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 When I do a glue up I always worry about slippage. Glad that worked for you. WayneMahler, Scrappile, SCROLLSAW703 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Phew, I held my breath just reading that. So glad it worked RabidAlien, Scrappile, SCROLLSAW703 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordamir Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 My Dad use to say " the sign of a true craftsman is a man who can coverup his mistakes". Scruffydog, OCtoolguy and 818Artist 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Good save Paul. You can sleep tonight now. Marg OCtoolguy and Scrappile 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffydog Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 7 hours ago, fordamir said: My Dad use to say " the sign of a true craftsman is a man who can coverup his mistakes". Wise & true. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Nice save. I've experienced the heartbreak of glue creep a time or 2 myself. If you know in advance that there is a risk, there is a little trick you can use to prevent it. After you spread the glue, sprinkle a few grains of salt on the joint, then clamp together. The salt will provide just enough grit to help keep the parts from sliding and will dissolve as the glue cures. I've tried this a couple times when making Carole Rothman bowls and it works well and I've not had any problems with it compromising the joint. I will say that my wife gave me a puzzled look when she saw me taking her salt shaker downstairs, to the shop. So now I keep a little in a small jar. Ivan Nikolaev, OCtoolguy and stoney 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) But, I am on a low sodium diet! No salt! I have heard of this, but not tried It. I was surprised the piece moved, I was using Titebond Quick and Thick glue and it is real tacky. Usually once the pieces are together, you have to work at moving them. Live and learn and yep, "haste makes waste". Edited January 30, 2019 by Scrappile OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollingforsanity Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 I have heard the salt trick works as well, but have not tried it. Glad you got it fixed Paul. Scrappile and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Bill WIlson said: Nice save. I've experienced the heartbreak of glue creep a time or 2 myself. If you know in advance that there is a risk, there is a little trick you can use to prevent it. After you spread the glue, sprinkle a few grains of salt on the joint, then clamp together. The salt will provide just enough grit to help keep the parts from sliding and will dissolve as the glue cures. I've tried this a couple times when making Carole Rothman bowls and it works well and I've not had any problems with it compromising the joint. I will say that my wife gave me a puzzled look when she saw me taking her salt shaker downstairs, to the shop. So now I keep a little in a small jar. Thanks for a great idea Bill. I had never heard of that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Fengstad Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 that slippage business is a real problem, thanks for bringing it up and all the helpful comments gives me hope that I can salvage a piece that I had deemed a worthless oops. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations, Paul, I'm glad you saved the piece. Actually, since it was just off a little bit and probably wouldn't have been noticed, I guess I am even more happy that you didn't ruin something else in the process! God Bless! Spirithorse OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 10 hours ago, Bill WIlson said: Nice save. I've experienced the heartbreak of glue creep a time or 2 myself. If you know in advance that there is a risk, there is a little trick you can use to prevent it. After you spread the glue, sprinkle a few grains of salt on the joint, then clamp together. The salt will provide just enough grit to help keep the parts from sliding and will dissolve as the glue cures. I've tried this a couple times when making Carole Rothman bowls and it works well and I've not had any problems with it compromising the joint. I will say that my wife gave me a puzzled look when she saw me taking her salt shaker downstairs, to the shop. So now I keep a little in a small jar. Thanks Bill. I'll have to remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Are you serious, no one noticed I Fixed the Disaster??? My title of the thread was "Desaster Fixed" I fixed it so now all my disasters are fixed...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 14 hours ago, Scrappile said: Are you serious, no one noticed I Fixed the Disaster??? My title of the thread was "Desaster Fixed" I fixed it so now all my disasters are fixed...... I saw, but quite often it's the result of 'predictive text' so tend not to take notice, we knew what you meant x Scrappile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 I don't see any pictures of the finished piece? Good save! The magic of heat has bailed me out on many occasions with all of my hobbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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