Gluing Questions

[eleonn]

Yesterday I started to glue the neck laminates from my first building and I have a few questions for you:

- How do you prevent scrap wood to get glued when gluing the neck laminates?

- This neck is going to have some veneers for contrast so do I have to glue layer by layer of veneer or I can glue more than on venner at the time?

- When you get wrong and glue something that shouldn't be glued yet ...do I have to sand that &%$#/*% off or there is a easier way to "unglued" that &%$#/*%????

 

[tjclem]

You want to state what glue you are using?...t

 

[eleonn]

It is one of those white glues for wood working.

EDIT: The site of the company that produces this glue says that is made from a Polivinil acetato (not sure how to put this in English sorry)

 

[Bryan316]

I assume you're using scrap wood between the laminate/veneer and the jaws of the clamp, right? If so, wax paper will work nicely. It's far easier to scrape/sand off the little chunk of excess glue and wax, than the scrap of wood.

 

[eleonn]

Yes I'm using scrap wood and in between the laminates and veneer. Wax paper? I will look if I can find some of it in Peru. Never heard about it here.

What about gluing two veneers at the same time. Can I do that or is better to go with one at the time?

 

[Thonk]

I found Clingfilm/plastic wrap to be a great help while using Tightbond as it seems nothing will stick to this stuff

As for multi veneers i found that they tend to slip alot if the piece's are large and trying to get one glue covered side inplace and then cover its backside to glue the next was a pain in the ass so i just do one section at a time now

PM coming your way about that top btw

 

[Bryan316]

Wax paper or plastic wrap should be found in the grocery mart. It's just for cooking, really simple stuff.

If not, I'd say glue everything up, then go after it with a scrap paint brush to carefully wipe away excess glue.

 

[erikbojerik]

It is best to use a "glue press" made up of either long thick pieces of wood, or (better) metal angle or I-beam stock to distribute the clamping pressure and ensure a nice straight glue-up. I use about 8-10 screw-down bar clamps every 5-6 inches, and use trigger-style bar clamps to squeeze the sandwich in the other direction to keep the lams from sliding around.

This one is a padauk neck with a pair of ebony lams.

 

[Scott in Dallas]

IME a little bit of squeeze out isn't enough to hold scrap too tightly. I just snap the pieces off and clean it up with a chisel.