Sticky Business
I bought some wood glue the other day to glue the checkerboard pieces together, and I finally had the chance to glue the thing last night. The directions on the bottle said, "spread heavily." It also said to wipe up "any" excess wet glue with a damp cloth.
ANY? Don't they mean A LOT? Once I pushed the pieces together, wet glue went everywhere. I wiped and wiped. Then when I finally thought I had the worst of it wiped up, I clamped the pieces together. And guess what--more glue! I went through nearly a roll of damp paper towels.
With all the glue that came out, I'll be surprised if the pieces stay stuck together. I'll find out tonight, when I plan to lug out the table saw and cut them in the opposite direction to make my pattern. Then . . . I get to glue them back together again!
Sounds like Humpty Dumpty.
ANY? Don't they mean A LOT? Once I pushed the pieces together, wet glue went everywhere. I wiped and wiped. Then when I finally thought I had the worst of it wiped up, I clamped the pieces together. And guess what--more glue! I went through nearly a roll of damp paper towels.
With all the glue that came out, I'll be surprised if the pieces stay stuck together. I'll find out tonight, when I plan to lug out the table saw and cut them in the opposite direction to make my pattern. Then . . . I get to glue them back together again!
Sounds like Humpty Dumpty.
posted by Tif at 4:03 PM
1 Comments:
That's exactly what I do when I quilt. Cut a perfectly good piece of cloth up into many pieces, then sew them back together again! It does sound kind of insane...
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