How remove hot glue residue?

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I've been turning some shallow bowls and plates by hot gluing a stubby wooden cylinder to the block (bottom of the piece) and clamping it in the chuck. When I am done with the lathe work I am cutting the work piece off of the temporary chuck cylinder. In trying to conserve as much of my block as possible I end up parting at about the glue joint. Some of the glue ends up melting on the parting tool which is pretty easily removed. Some glue residue remains on the piece after I have cut it off. How is the best way to remove the hot glue residue from the work piece?

Thanks,

Fred

George · Accepted Answer

Part glue joints with a chisel. Hot glue responds best to peeling action once a start is made, more rigid glues to smart blows. Bevel toward the good wood and parallel to the face avoids digs.

I've always been able to peel hot glue with a finger, like rubber cement.

Darrell Feltmate · Answer

Fred (1) paint thinner (2) heat gun blast and peal sway (3) a light stroke with a chisel (4) sand off when doing the bowl bottom (you will need to clean the sanding disk) ______ God bless and safe turning Darrell Feltmate Truro, NS, Canada

Mike R. Courteau · Answer

Methyl Hydrate. I use a syringe and trickle some on the joint. The glue joint just falls apart. You can in most cases do this even with a finish on and it will not affect it, however not on lacquer as it leaves white streaks.

Mike

Mike R. Courteau · Answer

Methyl Hydrate. I use a syringe and trickle some on the joint. The glue joint just falls apart. You can in most cases do this even with a finish on and it will not affect it, however not on lacquer as it leaves white streaks.

Mike

Steve S · Answer

Interesting to hear these replies.

I rely on an iron and a few piecesof kitchen towel. I simply place the kitchen towl on the glue, put the iron on top, and heat it. Much of the glue soaks into the towel, and then I wipe up the rest. I have to heat it maybe 2 time to get it all off, and then use the steel wool I used on the carving, still soaked with danish oil to finsih it off.

A flannel (does flannel work in American lingo? - face cloth?) works extremely well, but then my wife gets upset!

Steve

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