Hi Terry Yes I've tried all those ways you mention to clean up glue & find them all a pain in the sand. Very unsatisfactory. So what I have done for years is ............... 1 locate the ribs on the board. I use small 1/4 inch nails on each end 2. Scribe faint lines on each side of the rib & also scribe the glue joint around the perimeter,fish,cut-off etc, 3. remove the ribs 4. Quickly tape off the glue joint for each rib & perimeter joint... Takes 10 minutes 5 Install ribs back over the taped off surface. tape off rib ends. 6. Spray one wet coat of kinser shellac or whatever shellac you like on board ribs & all. Let dry over night in hot box Glue up in am or next day Dale Terry this way I can use dampened rags & paper towell to quickly a completely clean up ALL glue squeeze & it's very clean & I'm done. It also repels moisture absorption from the rags When gluing ribs to soundboard panels I have been removing the glue with water and a rag, immediately after clamping the rib to the panel. However, on a soundboard I am ribbing today, for some reason the water cleanup method is causing major grain raising on the panel (never had that problem before). I believe many soundboard builders clean up glue squeeze-out at some time after ribbing with a chisel, etc. Would someone be willing to share their exact procedure for removing glue without water? I'd sure appreciate it. Terry Farrell Farrell Piano -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061211/40589350/attachment.html
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