Removing PVA glue

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on January 19, 2011 at 12:21pm

Hi Ross, PVA is water soluble when wet however once it's set I can't think of a solvent that will soften the bond. You might try a putty knife with heat working slowly pry it apart but honestly I have my doubts. Sorry, I can't think of a silver bullet fix for you.

Don

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Artist Formerly Known as Matt on January 19, 2011 at 4:44pm

If the neck is trash anyway .... just carefully cut the fretboard from the neck leaving a thin sliver of the neck attached.

Now just sand the remaining neck wood and pva off.

 

 

Matt

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by HERMIT on January 19, 2011 at 6:09pm

Whilst i was cleaning French polish off an old chair with methylated spirits, I found the joints and spindles started to soften enough for me to pry open and remove the old glue and gunk.

Hope this is of some help.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Ben on January 20, 2011 at 5:42am

Good guesss but that chair (as is most old furnature) was likely assembled with hide glue. (That's why I now work with hide glue if I think I may ever need a joint to come apart)

HERMIT said:

Whilst i was cleaning French polish off an old chair with methylated spirits, I found the joints and spindles started to soften enough for me to pry open and remove the old glue and gunk.

Hope this is of some help.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by ross harper on January 20, 2011 at 6:34am

  Don,AFKM,Hermit and Ben,

  thanks for the ideas,I might just hang it up with a sign on it not to do it (cut head too thin)again! I think I'll try hide glue one of these days.Ross

  PS the replacement neck is coming along nicely.Still using PVA,though!(See last line of main reply)

• ▶ Reply