Cleaning epoxy off soundboard joint --- was glues

[Ron Nossaman]

> */  Great Post Mike/*
> */  Hey Mr glue.  So tell me....I'm redoing a belly job that failed. A 
> compression crowner gone amuck. It's Not my board, but  some body else & 
> the board was glued into the rim with Epoxy.  Ughhh!/*
> */   I'd ideally like to get down to the bare wood.  as the epoxy is 
> laid down on top of the old hide glue & all. My question is how to get 
> it off in ten minutes without gnashing of teeth.  Yes I've tried 
> scraping...takes forever.  tried soaking a section in acetone for a 
> short while.  Tried carbide grinders.  I'm looking for the easy 
> answer..Stuffs like steel.  I suppose I could just leave the epoxy which 
> is flat a smooth & glue the new board back in with epoxy but I don't 
> like this idea because of what I'm currently dealing with.  My 
> admonition to other bellyheads is, that epoxy isn't necessary to keep a 
> sound board ....which is wood to stay glued to a rim....also wood......JMO/*
> */  suggestions?/*
> */  Dale/*


Propane torch, scrape hot.
Ron N