Removing glue from BT table top?

[dbhost]

Simply put, I was apparently an idiot (like that's anything new) and it appears I spilled glue on the table. Any clue how to get it off of there?

BTW, it's Titebond 2.

[siliconbauhaus]

you didn't happen to have waxed the table before the spill ?

[Pappy]

Try a plastic scraper or putty knife.

[Jim Frye]

If that was the lamest thing I ever did...

Simply put, I was apparently an idiot (like that's anything new) and it appears I spilled glue on the table. Any clue how to get it off of there?

BTW, it's Titebond 2.

How big is the spill? If it is drips from squeeze out, you might be able to pop them off with a single edge razor blade. If you waxed the tops, the glue should not have a good grip on the surface. I've gotten TB2 off of the concrete shop floor with a putty knife or razor blade before also. If you are careful with the blade, you should not harm the table top. Even then, you won't make it unusable. I have a few dings in my old BT3K from dropped tools over the years. I'm forever getting glue drips (and every other kind of drip) on the floor. Someday after I'm gone, someone will walk into my shop and wonder what blew up in there.

Update: This got me to thinking (always a questionable move this late in the day), but I wondered what chemicals would soften cured aliphatic resin glue. Just for the sake of this post, I went down to the shop and put some acetone on a couple of pea sized TB2 drips on the floor. They have been there for over a week now and were well cured. I let the stuff sit there until it had nearly evaporated (probably no more than a minute) and when I wiped them with a paper towel, they just popped right off of the floor. They were a bit soft, but the bond with the concrete was very much broken. Now acetone will dissolve any paint that it gets on, so this is probably not a solution for paint on the saw table, but it demonstrates to me that there is something out there that will break down aliphatic resin glue. Some day I'll have to look into this in greater detail.

[dbhost]

Yeah the table tops are waxed, but the stuff is still stuck in spots where it appears wax didn't go...

I'll try the plastic putty knife trick. I don't want to damage my tables...

[herb fellows]

Before you do some permanent damage, why don't you email/call titebond? I'm guessing you're not the first person to get glue on their tools.

[crokett]

I have used a small metal putty knife (very gently) to remove glue from mine. I tried a plastic one but it didn't work all that well.

[dbhost]

Before you do some permanent damage, why don't you email/call titebond? I'm guessing you're not the first person to get glue on their tools.

One of the more lucid ideas. I think I will go that route...

[WayneJ]

In the latest issue of shop notes, vol 18 107 , there is an article on page 33 dealing whith that . Rockler and Lee Vally sell a product called De-Glue Goo. Its a gel that softens any water based glue. Might be worth a try, first I ever heard of it.
Wayne

[dbhost]

Rockler and Woodcraft both have it here it looks like...

Been a while since I have left a drool puddle on the floor at Rockler anyway...

[Duane867]

Hot water and a rag go a long way.