<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <STRONG><EM> Hi Terry</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  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 ...............</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> 1 locate the ribs on the board. I use small 1/4 inch nails on each end</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>2. Scribe faint lines on each side of the rib & also scribe the glue joint around the perimeter,fish,cut-off etc,</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> 3. remove the ribs</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> 4. Quickly tape off the glue joint for each rib & perimeter joint... Takes 10 minutes</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>5 Install ribs back over the taped off surface. tape off rib ends.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  6. Spray one wet coat of kinser shellac or whatever shellac you like on board ribs & all.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> Let dry over night in hot box</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Glue up in am or next day</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> 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</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe many soundboard builders clean up glue squeeze-out at some time after ribbing with a chisel, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would someone be willing to share their exact procedure for removing glue without water? I'd sure appreciate it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>