tricks for glue clean up??

[humantorch]

Hey all....today I had a very tedious and long assembly of a piece.
I made sure to use extended time titebond but in the process I didn;t really have time to clean up my squeeze out.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks for getting rid of this without damaging the piece?
I have some very tight corners that are proving very difficult.
Thanks!

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[tjbnwi]

Card scraper.

Tom

 

[hitandruntz]

Chisel plane.

 

[adugas]

http://www.woodworkerz.com/removing-old-glue/

I found this old article not sure if will help you or not.

Cheers

 

[Doug B]

Where possible I will masking tape the area that is likely to get the over spread of glue from the joint, particularly useful when using veneered sheet material.
Wipe the glue off the tape whilst it's still wet then remove the tape, I find this saves ages in clean up time & prevents staining.

Cheers,

Doug.

 

[tiralie]

When I glue up drawers I try not to get too much glue on the joint but when I do I use the Benchcrafted skraper to get into the corners.
Works really well for those small bubbles of glue that escape the sponge.
Tim

 

[waynelang2001]

I never let glue dry like this, I use hot water and a cloth to wipe excess glue off before it dries. Even if the job take 30 minutes to glue up you can still clean up glue because any squeeze out gets a skin on it and that makes it easy to clean.

 

[ewils91]

I have used heat to soften glue on crownmolding that I installed for a client in the past. The crown had been installed for about a 6 months when she changed her mind and wanted me to add to the original install. It worked very well. I applied a little heat and checked it, I repeated this until it came apart and was able to scrape the residue off for a nice clean piece od stock.

That benchcrafted scraper looks nice.

Eddy

 

[mike_aa]

The benchcrafted scraper looks great.  Reminds me of a scraper my Father-in-law made of a piece of carbide attached to a metal bar with a handle.  Only I think the angle of the benchcrafted version would work better in corners.

I looked on the benchcrafted website and they have some good looking products.  Does anyone know where they are located?  It says "made in U.S.A., but there is no address or phone number that I could see.

Mike A.

 

[B_Swanson]

Mike A.,
  Benchcrafted is located near Cedar Rapids Iowa.  I just ordered the vise hardware to make their split top Roubo workbench myself.  Excited to start on that build.

Brad

 

[Scott B.]

I never let glue dry like this, I use hot water and a cloth to wipe excess glue off before it dries. Even if the job take 30 minutes to glue up you can still clean up glue because any squeeze out gets a skin on it and that makes it easy to clean.

I completely agree as a finisher that it is always a better outcome when glue control is done while still wet. No good seems to come from it otherwise.

 

[JZ Bowmannz]

When I glue up drawers I try not to get too much glue on the joint but when I do I use the Benchcrafted skraper to get into the corners.
Works really well for those small bubbles of glue that escape the sponge.
Tim

I keep one of these by the workbench. I don't remember where I got this cheap chisel, but I bend it up a little in the vise so that the back of the chisel sits flat. It cleans the corners very well. I think you could find a shorter one to do the same job.

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[ear3]

I always keep a pile of Q-Tips on the bench while I'm gluing up, which can get the glue that a wet rag sometimes won't pick up.

 

[ear3]

Just bumping this old thread because Q-Tips are no longer doing it for me, so I ordered the Benchcrafted Skraper
http://benchcrafted.com/Skraper.htm

 

[Holmz]

Just bumping this old thread because Q-Tips are no longer doing it for me, so I ordered the Benchcrafted Skraper
http://benchcrafted.com/Skraper.htm

There are some Amazon Q-tip, or maybe Walmart ones that are pressed very tight and do not work for much of anything other than resembling a Q-Tip.

 

[Tayler_mann]

I use a tooth brush and hot very hot water to clean up my glue ups.

To get rid of that just use a chisel and he very very careful and use some 220 sandpaper at the end to get rid of anything that would ruin your finish.

 

[Holmz]

A flat chisel or a corner chisel?

 

[Tayler_mann]

A flat chisel or a corner chisel?

I don't get technical I have $15 chisels from Menards works great never had an issue. After all it's just glue and it your careful you won't get any tear out. If you bash at it and pry it won't be good.

 

[chrisrosenb]

Chisel plane.

+1
A chisel plane works great.

 

[dltflt]

I use a chisel to clean up the wet glue squeeze out then wipe what is left with a damp cloth.