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Re: Strip: dark glue lines
By:paul killen
Date: 6/1/2012, 6:33 am
In Response To: Strip: dark glue lines *PIC* (robert l)

: I am hand beveling my strips and find that a little or rather a lot
: of oversanding is opening up a few gaps. the gaps are so small I
: just plan to let the epoxy fill them but I am also seeing some
: glue lines that look darker than the wood and has a look I can
: only describe as silicone like. If the gap has a couple bits of
: glue interspersed with gaps I will get a look that appears like
: I used filler poorly or just used filler since I cannot ever get
: filler to look even half way good. I don't want to dig into the
: tiny gap to clean up the glue, even a razor blade will open the
: gap.

: I noticed that Gorilla glue says it dries to a light brown. Sound
: like a great fix except for the 12 buck a Quart. Has anyone had
: experience with either Gorilla Glue or Gorilla Wood Glue?

: Robert, Visionary

Robert, I had the same problem, with gaps opening the more I sanded. I used the sanding dust from the boat and mixed it with clear wood glue , using it to fill the gaps. As the filler dried in the gaps I pressed in fresh sanding dust on top of it. It dried very close to the hull colour and the gaps were barely noticable after it dried and was sanded.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: dark glue lines *PIC*
robert l -- 6/1/2012, 12:24 am
Re: Strip: dark glue lines
paul killen -- 6/1/2012, 6:33 am
Re: Strip: dark glue lines
Les Cheeseman -- 6/1/2012, 10:58 am
Re: Strip: dark glue lines
Nick Riccardi -- 6/1/2012, 12:22 pm
Re: Strip: dark glue lines
MattD -- 6/1/2012, 12:50 pm