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Offline Eric Krewson

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staining glue
« on: January 19, 2017, 07:48:32 PM »
I am going to be gluing in a bunch of filler pieces around the mortise of a lock panel to take up the slack of a supposedly "drop In" L&R replacement lock for a TC.

I may be using TB3 and need to stain it before I glue the pieces in to make the glue joint less visible. Superglue would work but leaves a black line in the walnut.

Is leather dye compatible with wood glue?

Offline deepcreekdale

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Re: staining glue
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2017, 08:33:13 PM »
I use Tite Bond 3 exclusively for wood repairs, I find superglue works poorly on wood and becomes brittle and weak after a few years. When I need to add filler pieces, I find that cutting the filler piece into an irregular shape, with a very tight fit and solid clamping works best. If you use straight cuts, the joint is much more visible, especially in walnut. it is also important to spend a lot of time matching your grain pattern. I have tried tinting it with various dyes but it always looks VERY dark afterwards. I just finished a restoration/conservation on a funky old double barreled shotgun that had lots of breakouts around the lock panels and used undyed Titebond 3 and the joint lines are invisible. If you have some scrap pieces you could try to see what works best with some dye added. They do make Tite bond with a dark color, specifically for darker wood, that does seem to work better than tinting the regular kind but I still prefer the tightest possible joint method. Good luck, hope that helps. (If I wasn't so incompetent with my phone/camera and computer interface, I would show you . Sorry.)
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Offline flehto

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Re: staining glue
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2017, 09:49:38 PM »
When gluing in filler pieces I use super glue. Both the area that the filler piece will fill and the glue side of the filler piece are stained w/ the intended stain. The super glue is applied to both surfaces and held in place for a couple of mins, The super glue dissolves the stain and becomes the same color and is neatly invisible when the final stain is applied....Fred