Jeff Horton
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Glued up my doors for the TV cabinet last night. This morning I went down and somehow I got my book matched panels mismatched. Why I didn't look at them when I with finished I don't know!
After kicking myself I wondered how to fix them. I reversed a clamp, applied pressure and nothing moved. The titebond was tightly bonded! Then I remember something I read heat would soften the joint! Grabbed my $8 Harbor Freight heat gun and started cooking that joint and leaving the pressure on with the clamp.
It took a while but I started to see a crack in the joint an finally it opened up!
Here is the before and after with the panels in the right order!
Really didn't expect this to work but was I ever glad it did!! Might want to keep this in mind just in case.
After kicking myself I wondered how to fix them. I reversed a clamp, applied pressure and nothing moved. The titebond was tightly bonded! Then I remember something I read heat would soften the joint! Grabbed my $8 Harbor Freight heat gun and started cooking that joint and leaving the pressure on with the clamp.
It took a while but I started to see a crack in the joint an finally it opened up!
Here is the before and after with the panels in the right order!
Really didn't expect this to work but was I ever glad it did!! Might want to keep this in mind just in case.