how do you deal with raisin drips on pine?
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I was just surface planing some 2×2’s but didn’t really notice the sticky stuff until about a metre drip got my smoother all gueyed up:-S
So the next 20 mins were spent trying to get the stuff of just about any part of the plane. Luckily my chemistry background found an easy fix, white spirit on a rag works wonders here.So what do you guys do with it?
I’m thinking a scraper wouldn’t take me 20 mins of cleaning time.Diego
19 February 2015 at 5:15 am #124826Hello Diego. I’m not certain I understand your question. Are you asking how to plane pine that has resin pockets in it? If so, you could try wiping down the surface with mineral spirits and letting it dry before planing. But you might have to repeat this if you plane more than a few plane strokes.
I haven’t had a big problem with it, and I use mostly pine for my projects. But I would try to use sections of the board that do not have the resin pockets.
Matt
There were a few pockets but probably some other piece of lumber had dripped quite badly.
There was a long drip over 1 m long on my rough lumber.
I cleaned up the few pockets I did have with the white spirit. I appears to not soak in too much, probably doesn’t matter anyway since these will become clamps soon. No need for fancy finish here.Diego
19 February 2015 at 12:52 pm #124837I built a guitar body from a piece of larch that had a couple of resin pockets. I scraped out most of the resin and cleaned up with white spirit, then I sealed the pockets with shellac to stop it from “sweating” more. I filled the pockets with superglue since it was going to be finished.
Did those pockets get sealed up completely?
I ask because I read somewhere that it’s very difficult to seal them up permanently, they always start again after a few seasons.
Won’t be much of an issue with mine though, they’ll be part of a new tool.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.22 February 2015 at 10:08 pm #124962Shellac is a great barrier coat, and I made sure there was enough of it 🙂 It’s only been a year but so far it’s holding up fine, I think I was able to get most of the resin out with the scraping and the white spirit.
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