edward Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 I'am sure this was posted before, but is there an easy way to break apart glued pieces after I made a mistake. edward OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianr24 Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 If it’s regular wood glue you can try a heat gun. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Brianr24 is correct, I did it here: Just go slowly, keep the heat gun moving so you do not scorch the wood. OCtoolguy and JTTHECLOCKMAN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Some of the wood glues are water soluble so you might be able to wet it and get it to release. Just try to isolate the piece you want to free up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 What glue are you useing? If it's Tight bond The only thing I have found is soak it in vinigar let it soak for 2 or 3 hours. I have had to soak for 6 hours. It just makes the wood gummy then you have to scrape off the glue. Sometimes it is easier to staryt over. IKE OCtoolguy and JTTHECLOCKMAN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) I had to do this with a coffee table I made - it was a real PITA but better than rebuilding the whole piece. What I did was: First I tried Vinegar - only thing this achieved was saturating the wood and made it brittle while trying to separate it. Also tried water = see the vinegar issue above! What worked for me was: Using a heat gun I "warmed" the area where the glue was (don't get it too hot to burn the wood), then using a thin blade (I used an exacto) I sliced and pried at the warmed glue, while slowly separating the the glued pieces Over all this took me about an hour or of consistently working at it - but it was better than 12+ hours of rebuilding the table! Hope that helped Edited February 26, 2019 by new2woodwrk Scrappile and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, new2woodwrk said: I had to do this with a coffee table I made - it was a real PITA but better than rebuilding the whole piece. What I did was: First I tried Vinegar - only thing this achieved was saturating the wood and made it brittle while trying to separate it. Also tried water = see the vinegar issue above! What worked for me was: Using a heat gun I "warmed" the area where the glue was (don't get it too hot to burn the wood), then using a thin blade (I used an exacto) I sliced and pried at the warmed glue, while slowly separating the the glued pieces Over all this took me about an hour or of consistently working at it - but it was better than 12+ hours of rebuilding the table! Hope that helped Good info. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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