This is an archived message posted to the Kayak Building Bulletin Board. If you would like to ask a question about building kayaks, you can post a new message.
It's personal preference... on my first boat I tried both wiping drips with a damp rag and letting them dry, then scraping. In my experience, the wiped areas were much easier to fair and sand. The cedar was soft enough to allow the drips to soak in deeper than any glue I "rubbed in". As a result, the drips scraped off relatively easily, but left more of a stain in the wood than the wiped areas (which also required no scraping).
> This has probably been covered a kabillion times, but I want to ask what
> the preferred method of dealing with the excess glue while stripping is. I
> have seen references to builders who wipe the glue while it is wet, and
> others who say it is best to let it harden a bit and then scrape.The
> latter say that this way the glue is not 'rubbed into the wood'...Thanks,
> kelly
This is an archived message from The Kayak Building Bulletin Board.
Guillemot Kayak - High
Performance Wooden Sea Kayak Designs
