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12:00PM | 04/06/05

Member Since: 04/05/05
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Wood Glue removal

is there any product that will successfully remove wood glue? I glued wooden train tracks to plywood and now want to remove - is it possible? I tried goo be gone? no luck. only want to pursue if can really be done. thanks for the help!

Piffin

07:00PM | 04/13/05

Member Since: 11/06/02
1278 lifetime posts

many wood glues are thermoplastic, meaning that if you heat them, they can return to a plastic state - flexable. Then you can slide a flexable putty knife in the joint to separate if done carefully.

A heat gun or possibly a hair dryer would do the job.

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