I made the mistake of trying to glu up a tri-lam bow in 95F heat. Using TB III, some ares set up before I could get it all clamped. Well it did not come out as well as I would have liked lots of gaps in the lams. So what can I do now. We made all of this ourself out of our own wood so it was a lot of work to get this far and fail. What will remove, disolve, release the TB3?
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If you can get the glue to 150deg(F) it will release and you can disassemble the lams, clean them up and go for a new glue-up.
I have removed a hickory backing by heating it with a heat gun. I started at one tip, heated it until I could get a wood chisel under the hickory and work down the limb with the heat and chisel. I then when to the other tip and did the same until it came apart completely.
So TB III will release at 150? I can do that easy enough. Any ideas on how to get the glue off the lams after that? Laquor thinner, asetone...?
I think I scraped and sanded it off. Call the 800 number on the TBIII bottle. That's how I found out about the 150 release temp. Those tech guys love to solve problems and already have lots of answers.
cool! will call!
THIS is what TRADGANG is ALL ABOUT!! :thumbsup: :archer: