Hey Mate,
Sorry to see you’re also affected. I posted my issue on a Facebook group and got the following advice.
“Remove your excess glue with warm water and a rag, goof off will not remove waterborne wood glue.
Always use waterborne wood glue never solvent born like Gorilla Glue or anything like that.”
I didn’t try this method as I had already started on my workaround to hide the glue marks with darker colors. Also Not sure what type of glue was used on the pitbull kits.
Thanks Vivek and McCreedOriginally Posted by vivek_rc
I tried a bit of everything to remove and hide the glue marks. Not as bad as yours Vivek but still noticeable. Bit nervous about using water as don’t want to risk the veneer bubbling.
I had a go hiding the marks with a few of my daughters paint pens and created a few fake stripes which works pretty well. Went over with another coat of stain this morning and now have this finish which is looking ok. Next steps is the intensifier coat.
Also need to change back colour as thought the fw walnut stain would complement the dingo tone but looks plain wrong. Going to stain it Japan brown to match the neck.
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Last edited by mrpearson; 29-12-2021 at 11:50 AM.
Tried Vivek’s water trick to remove the stains hidden in the veneer. Seems to have worked. Touched up and now run out of dingo tone so I reckon this a wrap.
Winning
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Last edited by mrpearson; 29-12-2021 at 03:00 PM.
Looking great, mate. This is bringing back a lot of memories for meGlad to see your back on track with everything.
Thanks mate. Your build kicked this obsession off for me. [mention]Bakersdozen [/mention] Out of interest does the intensifier give the orange tinge that yours has?Looking great, mate. This is bringing back a lot of memories for me
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Looking back thru the build photos quickly, yes I think it does. There was a few that looked remarkably similar to yours is currently, then jumped to having that orange hue. And I checked it was before the poly was sprayed. So I believe you will hopefully get that as well.
Back and sides stained fw Japan brown. Change in plans from original idea to use dingo tone Nullarbor front and back but much happier with the contrast and fw seemed to work better on the back and sides. Plus it seems to cure a lot faster.
This afternoon hoping to get 1 intensifier coat on the front.
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Having a love hate relationship with my dingo tone finish. Decided it was looking too muddy and dull so rubbed it down with 0000 steel wool while the intensifier coat was wet. This removed a lot of dullness and helped pop the figure. Win. However my glue marks reappeared after I had hidden them with some painting and staining. Decided to experiment with a burst border using fw Japan brown blending with the intensifier coat whilst wet. Still a few little touch ups on the border to get it nice and dark but pretty happy.
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Last edited by mrpearson; 02-01-2022 at 05:04 PM.
Wiring harness complete whilst waiting for stain to cure
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Looking good, you’re making great progress and the build looks great. I might also do the same for my build and wire up the electronics ahead of time. I actually have some questions on the neck fitting into the pocket,
I’ll post some pictures of mine tomorrow in my build diary.
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