gluing oiled wood

[vykus]

I have a project that has two pieces that will be glued together. Do I need to glue before I oil it or could I tape the parts that are going to be glued and then rub the oil on? How do you do it? 

[Rob Roy]

I have a project that has two pieces that will be glued together. Do I need to glue before I oil it or could I tape the parts that are going to be glued and then rub the oil on? How do you do it? 

Hi Matt I would say glue first. You could try taping on a piece of scrap but my worry would be the oil creeping under the tape. Hope this helps Matt.

Rob Roy.

[amazingkevin]

i agree!

[Bendita]

Ditto I used to live in an area where we had a lot of oily wood so the trick was to machine the wood and glue it as fast as you could before the oil would come to the surface. Now I don't know where you live but there is a marine glue that available that will stick to any surface oily or not also Lee Valley in Canada had a glue for furniture repair that would work on oily surfaces Other than that I would say glue first then oil. Good luck Matt hope this will help somehow

[Luperez548]

I agree, glue it first and then oil.

[Dan]

I agree too. I did try gluing some cherry that was oiled and the wood glue didn't hold (duh). I later used gorilla glue and it seemed to hold well enough. But, I would make that a practice.

[amazingkevin]

I love using a pin nail gun, Quick easy and if you need to take it back  apart no problem,instead of glueing.

[Phantom Scroller]

I'll be honest with ya, I just don't bother about clearing oil or paint before gluing because the parts are so small there's not enough weight & pressure on them to break apart.

If it is a large part then yes as it has more weight and easy to break apart. Just my opinion. Roly 

[Lucky2]

Glue first, then oil if you want it to stay together.

Len