Cleaning with acetone

Hengelo_77

Hengelo_77

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I use acetone to clean parts that I want to epoxy together.
When making a hidden tang, do you guys also clean the hole drilled in the wood to fit the (hidden) tang?
 
I blow it out but don't put acetone on it. There shouldn't be any greese or grime in there unless the drill bit was filthy.

Others may and give me a good reason to start doing it.
 
I agree with jawilder.
also wood is porous, shouldnt have a problem bonding with the glue.
 
I'm with jawilder, I keep a can of canned air for cleaning computers and just blow it out with that.
 
No harm in using acetone on timber though hengelo. If we're using an oily species of timber at work (furniture makers) we give it a wipe with acetone before we glue it up.
 
Tiiiiiiiim said:
No harm in using acetone on timber though hengelo. If we're using an oily species of timber at work (furniture makers) we give it a wipe with acetone before we glue it up.
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How long do you wait for the acetone to evaporate before you applie the glue?
 
Tiiiiiiiim said:
No harm in using acetone on timber though hengelo. If we're using an oily species of timber at work (furniture makers) we give it a wipe with acetone before we glue it up.
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Yep... can't hurt woods like Ebony, Cocobolo etc contain a lot of oils so i give them a good wipe with acetone so that the epoxy will grab the pores before any oil creeps back to the surface.
 
Acetone often leaves a greasy film on steel and other smooth surfaces, which may interfere with your epoxy setting up right. Wipe some on a piece of clear glass and you can see it after it dries off. I like to wipe it down with plain rubbbing alcohol to get rid of the film. I don't know how well this would work on wood, or if it's necessary.
 
I just came home from a huge woodworking show. I watched a seminar by a world renound woodworker/cabinet maker. He said every peice of wood he finishes gets wiped two different times with acetone before being finished. He said he would sand & clean then sand & clean again with acetone. His work was amazing.
 
Hengelo_77 said:
How long do you wait for the acetone to evaporate before you applie the glue?
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As long as it doesn't feel physically wet it should be fine.

RyanW said:
Yep... can't hurt woods like Ebony, Cocobolo etc contain a lot of oils so i give them a good wipe with acetone so that the epoxy will grab the pores before any oil creeps back to the surface.
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Kwila is the worst. You have to hose is down with a product before you can seal it because the oils will seep out of the timber over time leaving ugly dark spots under your polish.

jll346 said:
I just came home from a huge woodworking show. I watched a seminar by a world renound woodworker/cabinet maker. He said every peice of wood he finishes gets wiped two different times with acetone before being finished. He said he would sand & clean then sand & clean again with acetone. His work was amazing.
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Sounds obsessive compulsive :rolleyes:
 
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