I am going to start by admitting that this IS a stupid question.
I made 4 raised panel doors (using a 2 piece cope and stick router bit set) After I pulled them out of clamps, I realized that I had made a mistake.
My question is… is there any way to dissolve the cured glue? The glue is Titebond 2
Thanks for reading my stupid question.
Edited 10/1/2008 9:14 pm ET by bobbronner
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I don't know bump
I'm just sayin'
My experience has been with the old titebond 1, I have done lots of disassembly of furniture glued with hide glue, white glue and titebond 1 using hot white vinegar. Lots of patience is called for and multiple applications to the joints as they begin to move. You can sometimes drill a tiny hole into a joint to enable injecting the hot vinegar with a hypo and small needle is you can get such tools. I have been able to do this with titebond 2 but it is harder and my experience is less. the key is patience and persistince. Also, when you do go to reassemble the joints you must be very thorough in removing all traces of the old glue.
This has happened to me more times than I'd like to admit. If you want to salvage the raised panel, you can easily cut it out while destroying the frame. But anything else is almost surely a waste of time. Start over. I used to collect all these "mistake doors" together, and at some point they could cover an entire wall of my storage room. I called it the "humility wall".
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
I ended up doing as david indicated. But I was actually able to save the styles as well as the panels. I just ripped a hair (maybe a 32nd) off the width then set up the stick bit exactly as I had it originally and made a pass. these pieces are a hair narrower than the rest, but there's no way anyone could ever tell. Thanks to those who posted.Bob
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