Originally Posted by
Jim Koepke
I have been reading this thread. Now I am a bit confused.
If it were me, worried about the finish, then the last thing I would want to do is separate the boards in the table top. Wouldn't that mess with the finish as much as heat and moisture?
jtk
My question was hypothetical - how would you release two boards that were glued together. But in this case, the glue had failed in most of the joints so it was reasonable to expect that the remaining one or two joints would fail within a few years.
So if I wanted to take the remaining couple of joints apart, how would I do it? The only way I can see is to cut them apart, maybe with a track saw carefully aligned along the glue line. But since they're hide glue and hide glue is suppose to be reversible, how would I get them apart without cutting them apart?
What I've heard is that you use moisture and heat to reverse hide glue. I certainly don't want to soak the wood, so that leaves heat. How would I put heat into the joint without ruining the finish?
Mike
[When I reglued the loose boards, I used cauls to flatten the joint. Even with that, the joints were not perfect, close but not perfect, but she was satisfied.]
Last edited by Mike Henderson; 01-16-2016 at 9:47 AM.
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