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Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
Well, I am not too cheap to buy acetone. But I have tons of chemicals I would like to use up. Will denatured alcohol or mineral spirts, or even turpentine degrease IPE or osage for glue up?
One guy said hardwood ash and water works the best. |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
For some reason I'm thinking cleaning carbon shafts with denatured alcohol before fletching wasn't recommended because it leaves a greasy residue?
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RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
I have always used denatured alcohol to clean aluminum and carbon shafts without any adhesive problems. I believe that Carbon Express recommends using it to clean their shafts. I had little experience with wooden shafts I was told acetone, denatured alcohol and a list of other things. I finally used a degreasing soap and hot water to clean and rinse then let them air dry. It worked well for me. |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
ORIGINAL: NITEHAWKJS I have always used denatured alcohol to clean aluminum and carbon shafts without any adhesive problems. I believe that Carbon Express recommends using it to clean their shafts. I had little experience with wooden shafts I was told acetone, denatured alcohol and a list of other things. I finally used a degreasing soap and hot water to clean and rinse then let them air dry. It worked well for me. I ended up buying acetone. I don't want to do all this work mating up my bamboo to my IPE and have it come apart. |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
I ended up buying acetone. I don't want to do all this work mating up my bamboo to my IPE and have it come apart. Good move, I do know that turps is oil based so you would actually be putting oil back into the wood. |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
ORIGINAL: Kanga I ended up buying acetone. I don't want to do all this work mating up my bamboo to my IPE and have it come apart. Good move, I do know that turps is oil based so you would actually be putting oil back into the wood. I know building a heat box is a quick thing. I feel like all I do is build tools so I can build bows. I make a tiller stick, I make a tiller tree, I make a form. Now I need a heat box.[:-] |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
Russ, why can't you move closer so I can borrow your heat box and use URAC instead of TBIII. Nah gets too cold up there for me mate and too much white stuff on the ground:D I ordered a gallong of Aeromarine 400/11 lastFriday,you could have borrowed some of that as well:) |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: Kanga I ended up buying acetone. I don't want to do all this work mating up my bamboo to my IPE and have it come apart. Good move, I do know that turps is oil based so you would actually be putting oil back into the wood. I know building a heat box is a quick thing. I feel like all I do is build tools so I can build bows. I make a tiller stick, I make a tiller tree, I make a form. Now I need a heat box.[:-] Make a heat box. Real easy to do. You can make a real cheap one with foam insulation and three lights. Just tape the insulation into a box, big enough to place your form in. Put your lights on the bottom and you got it. Looks like a big foam cooler. If you need it hotter, place a blanket over it. If you need it cooler, crack the top. Ive made a complete oven, this way, under 20 bucks. Ive also made them with stove pipe and a heat gun. Ive even baked bows in a car with the windows up, and parked in the sun on a hot day. Get creative and you can figure out some easy ways to bake a bow.;) |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: Kanga I ended up buying acetone. I don't want to do all this work mating up my bamboo to my IPE and have it come apart. Good move, I do know that turps is oil based so you would actually be putting oil back into the wood. I know building a heat box is a quick thing. I feel like all I do is build tools so I can build bows. I make a tiller stick, I make a tiller tree, I make a form. Now I need a heat box.[:-] Make a heat box. Real easy to do. You can make a real cheap one with foam insulation and three lights. Just tape the insulation into a box, big enough to place your form in. Put your lights on the bottom and you got it. Looks like a big foam cooler. If you need it hotter, place a blanket over it. If you need it cooler, crack the top. Ive made a complete oven, this way, under 20 bucks. Ive also made them with stove pipe and a heat gun. Ive even baked bows in a car with the windows up, and parked in the sun on a hot day. Get creative and you can figure out some easy ways to bake a bow.;) Other than that, I figured a heat box would be handy for making hickory bows and keeping em dry. Drying out my boo. Other than that, not sure if need it. |
RE: Denatured alcohol to Degrease wood
ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: Kanga I ended up buying acetone. I don't want to do all this work mating up my bamboo to my IPE and have it come apart. Good move, I do know that turps is oil based so you would actually be putting oil back into the wood. I know building a heat box is a quick thing. I feel like all I do is build tools so I can build bows. I make a tiller stick, I make a tiller tree, I make a form. Now I need a heat box.[:-] Make a heat box. Real easy to do. You can make a real cheap one with foam insulation and three lights. Just tape the insulation into a box, big enough to place your form in. Put your lights on the bottom and you got it. Looks like a big foam cooler. If you need it hotter, place a blanket over it. If you need it cooler, crack the top. Ive made a complete oven, this way, under 20 bucks. Ive also made them with stove pipe and a heat gun. Ive even baked bows in a car with the windows up, and parked in the sun on a hot day. Get creative and you can figure out some easy ways to bake a bow.;) |
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