Just a quick question

[GaryPogueCustomKnife]

I just did my first file work on a knife. It turned out alright but i have just a quick question. When i put the handles on it, obviously glue set up in the file work (gorilla glue). My question is, how do i clean out the glue? It is a simple ladder pattern btw.

 

[John Katt]

I did the same thing with my first file work, even though I feathered the epoxy out, I wound up picking it out with a dental pick, I believe I read that waxing those areas first will help a great deal

 

[LARRYZ10]

Gary, Do you ever use pigments to color your epoxy? I file work a lot of knives and I sometimes use black dry pigment to color the epoxy and let it fill in the file work which will be ground level anyway and looks cool. Sometimes with red liner and black epoxy it looks nice and i like yellow spacers with black epoxy on file work for a yellow jacket look. I used green liners this week on a burlwood handle with file work and it looks great. I still have to shape the scales but it is profiled and I can tell it will look sharp.

 

[gsain]

Plus the filled in spaces won't fill in with blood and tallow when field dressing your deer

I can't remember which knife supply place but some do carry pigments for epoxy.

 

[A C Richards]

Is it the expanding gorilla glue or one of their epoxies?? The expanding stuff can be a real pain. You will need to keep up with the glue expanding and oozing for a few hours. I had to use acetone. to clean it up on some furniture I put together.

 

[John Katt]

The expanding stuff can be a real pain.

I also found this out the hard way, I rebuilt my daughter-in-laws black lacquer, gliding rocker/baby rocking chair, and I sat with a toothpick for 3 hours dabbing the glue off 20 joints simultaneously

 

[GaryPogueCustomKnife]

Sadly it was the expanding kind