Turning Titebond III black question

8/6/19, 5:07 PM #1

Barry Irby
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Turning Titebond III black question

Barry Irby

I glued up a cutting board on top of my tablesaw. A few drops of squeeze out landed on the saw table. In spite of the table being waxed, the glue turned black or at least very dark brown over night. The stuff on the none steel parts turned light brown.

My question is, could I add a few iron filings collected from my grinder with a magnet to the glue and use it to glue walnut? Would the iron weaken the glue?

Re: Turning Titebond III black question

8/6/19, 5:59 PM #2

Dick Coers
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With proper joinery and process, there should be zero glue visible. Why color it?

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8/6/19, 7:53 PM #3

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No idea. But, given the choice, I'd either switch to Titebond II which already comes in brown or do the experiment of adding a water-soluble dye like Transfast to Titebond III. I'd guess that you'd have to add quite a bit of the dye to really affect the joint strength.

Oh, and I have the identical sort of marks on my Robland's cast-iron top and they don't seem to be amenable to removal.

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8/6/19, 8:41 PM #4

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I'd use one of the colorants you can get

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8/6/19, 9:39 PM #5

Kneale Brownson
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mineral spirits and Scotch scrubbers....

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...cleaned the glue stains on my tablesaw top. Since the first time I cleaned it, I've used a piece of 1/4 inch hardboard on it whenever I was using the top for a flat spot to glue something. I also apply TopCote regularly.

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Turning Titebond III black question

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