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Cabinet scraper, to the rescue!
By:Ed Valley
Date: 10/25/1999, 2:38 pm
In Response To: Monkey Glue Blues (Randy Ames)

> I finally started stripping my 18 foot canoe schooner. A friend suggested
> sticking the strips together with Gorilla Glue. It expands nicely and
> fills any voids. I seem to be getting some glue on the sides of the boat.
> Has anyone worked with this type of glue? Can you suggest a way to remove
> the glue from the sides of the boat. I tried a paint scraper with good
> success... slow going though.

Hi Randy:

I had lots of glue oozed from the joints in my stripper. I wasted numerous expensive sanding discs melting and smearing the crap with my ROS. I wish I had started with a scraper, because it sure made short work of a nasty mess. Here's a link to waaaay more that you ever thought was known about cabinet scrapers. Be patient, though, there's lots of good material here. For me, it was THE tool for the job.

http://www.mcs.net/~brendler/oldtools/scraping/scraper.htm

Ed Valley

Messages In This Thread

Monkey Glue Blues
Randy Ames -- 10/23/1999, 8:06 pm
Re: Monkey Glue Blues
garland reese -- 10/25/1999, 9:00 pm
Cabinet scraper, to the rescue!
Ed Valley -- 10/25/1999, 2:38 pm
moisten, scrape, then sand
Pete Ford -- 10/25/1999, 11:50 am
Re: Monkey Glue Blues
Don Beale -- 10/23/1999, 11:00 pm
Re: Monkey Glue Blues
Rehd -- 10/23/1999, 11:51 pm
Re: Monkey Glue Blues
David Bryson -- 10/23/1999, 10:27 pm
Re: Monkey Glue Blues
Rehd -- 10/23/1999, 9:43 pm