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glued a project and found out it's backward after it's dry


amazingkevin

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Im having a big project coming up and am doing 2 samples for her.Now she wants them all the same.What difference does that make ,variety is the spice of life.That just adds more work to an already overwhelming project.any way i glued the fragile pieces on to the wrong side of the project .Only to find it out 3 hours later.In a panic i wanted to ask the forum if there's a fix.But decided to "Google it" Google says use a heat gun or white vinegar.I have both but chose the vinegar route.I found a metal TV tray and used it to flood the 1./4"thick project 15 minutes later it stared coming unglued.I washed the pieces real good an will have to glue in place as clamping together won't work.I planned a piece of white wood down to 1/8" for the backer The aromatic cedar is 1/8 too.Very fragile wood to work with.post-1607-0-73168500-1472441326_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-74318200-1472441384_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-90036600-1472441404_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-16737400-1472441428_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-73306700-1472441470_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-77199600-1472441497_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-19872500-1472441525_thumb.jpg

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Now all you have to do is figure out how to get rid of the vinegar smell before you deliver the project to it's new owner. Sorry, but I don't have a good solution for you, but prolonged (a week) exposure to Sunshine seemed to work the best. It didn't eliminate the odor, but did reduce it.

 

Shellac is a good quick drying sealer that works well under many finishes. Applying a coat or two of dewaxed shellac over the unfinished wood before you paint or stain it might work to seal in the vinegar smell, but this is just a suggestion, and I haven't tried it myself.

 

I have several 5 gallon pickle buckets from Firehouse Subs that I bought about this time last year, and I have tried many methods of removing the "dill pickle smell" from these buckets without much success. I bought them because they were supposed to be "the toughest 5 gallon plastic buckets available", according to searches on the internet, and they seem to be. I bought them from the local Firehouse Subs Store ($2 each donation) to use as dust collector bins under my Oneida Dust Deputy. After trying many concoctions to get rid of the pickle smell, and failing, I realized that it really didn't matter what my collected sawdust smelled like. But it was absolutely necessary to vent my vacuum to the outdoors, because my first attempt to run the vacuum and Dust Deputy with the first pickle bucket made my whole shop smell like a giant dill pickle. (I kept having an irresistible urge to eat a hamburger with a sliced dill pickle). 

 

I've since moved the Dust Deputy to a 25 gallon metal drum and switched from the Shop Vac to a rebuilt and re-purposed whole house central vacuum unit that is vented to the outdoors. 

 

Charley

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Sorry you had the "oops" moment Kevin but glad you were able to find a solution and thanks for sharing it.  I am sure there will be others, myself included, who will benefit from your shared experience later at some point.  Look forward to seeing the final projects. They look interesting.

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Now all you have to do is figure out how to get rid of the vinegar smell before you deliver the project to it's new owner. Sorry, but I don't have a good solution for you, but prolonged (a week) exposure to Sunshine seemed to work the best. It didn't eliminate the odor, but did reduce it.

 

Shellac is a good quick drying sealer that works well under many finishes. Applying a coat or two of dewaxed shellac over the unfinished wood before you paint or stain it might work to seal in the vinegar smell, but this is just a suggestion, and I haven't tried it myself.

 

I have several 5 gallon pickle buckets from Firehouse Subs that I bought about this time last year, and I have tried many methods of removing the "dill pickle smell" from these buckets without much success. I bought them because they were supposed to be "the toughest 5 gallon plastic buckets available", according to searches on the internet, and they seem to be. I bought them from the local Firehouse Subs Store ($2 each donation) to use as dust collector bins under my Oneida Dust Deputy. After trying many concoctions to get rid of the pickle smell, and failing, I realized that it really didn't matter what my collected sawdust smelled like. But it was absolutely necessary to vent my vacuum to the outdoors, because my first attempt to run the vacuum and Dust Deputy with the first pickle bucket made my whole shop smell like a giant dill pickle. (I kept having an irresistible urge to eat a hamburger with a sliced dill pickle). 

 

I've since moved the Dust Deputy to a 25 gallon metal drum and switched from the Shop Vac to a rebuilt and re-purposed whole house central vacuum unit that is vented to the outdoors. 

 

Charley

Hi Charley,Yes it got covered in minwax poly ,sprayed full strength from the big box "spray it" 3 coats .this stuff drys fast.Thanks for the info !

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Sorry you had the "oops" moment Kevin but glad you were able to find a solution and thanks for sharing it.  I am sure there will be others, myself included, who will benefit from your shared experience later at some point.  Look forward to seeing the final projects. They look interesting.

okey dookey i'll post it tonight.It did break into 5 pieces but it doesn't look bad once clear coated.post-1607-0-83318200-1472528784_thumb.jpgpost-1607-0-73656300-1472528811_thumb.jpg

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Wow, Kevin, a great fix.  I did one, a Steve God pattern I think.  My wife has it in front of the mirror and we can read the words.

I did dozens of the steve good ones your talking about for this same lady.That's where this lady got this idea from ,Thanks Denny

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