Al Launier
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I recently tried to stain a piece of work that I had glued up. Immediately after clamping the parts together I used a damp cloth to remove the squeeze-out. That worked pretty well except that in some places it smeared the glue, rather than removing it all. At the time I figured that sanding would removed anything I missed. Unfortunately the stain highlighted the excess glue that I missed when sanding. More sanding suggested that the glue had penetrated deeperr than expected. So, not wanting to sand anymore, I bailed & painted instead.
Thinking more about this, I thought it might work better to let the glue cure to a semi-harden, or even hard state & then use something to scrape the glue off, perhaps a chisel. I haven't tried this yet, but would this technique work better to remove all of the squeeze-out? I'm kinda getting "tired" of just painting things & would like to try finishing. Is there a better way?
Thinking more about this, I thought it might work better to let the glue cure to a semi-harden, or even hard state & then use something to scrape the glue off, perhaps a chisel. I haven't tried this yet, but would this technique work better to remove all of the squeeze-out? I'm kinda getting "tired" of just painting things & would like to try finishing. Is there a better way?