: I've noticed that when scraping off the little lumps of hardened glue I
: occasionally pull up some little pieces of cedar. After realizing I am
: likely to damage the wood if I let the glue dry I started to wipe the
: excess off when it's tacky.

: --KT--
I have always liked keeping a damp rag at hand and wiping off the squeezed out glue immediately.There is almost no glue scraping or clean up afterwards.I too have had glue blobs tear out wood when scraping. Kurt