Superglue stains

[Mike OMelia]

... In softwood. Spruce. I did some inlay work on a guitar. Used thin superglue. Now I see yellow stains. Anybody ever figure out how to "bleach" these out?

[ian maybury]

It's probably going to be quite tough to shift, in that the cured adhesive forms a plastic polymer. It takes a solvent dissolve it. Acetone or nitromethane (the latter as used in high performance engine fuels - it may be possible to get it in small quantities from a model aircraft shop if it's not controlled - it can be a base to manufacture an explosive) will shift it, but, it might take a while (test?) and it's not clear whether they might mark the wood or not. Some of the cyanoacrylate makers do se-bonders, Satellite City does a nitromethane one i seem to recall from my model aircraft days. Acetone is the easy one to get i guess......

ian

[Kyle Iwamoto]

I don't know of a way to get those stains out of spruce. I know it's too late now, but before I set an inlay in, I hit the spruce with Deft or similar product. Maybe 2 coats, if you're using really thin CA. Or use Titebond.

Bummer man, been there done that...... I don't think you can even sand that much out to get rid of the glue. It gets into the end grain.... Probably all of the inlay edge will have it.

[Mike OMelia]

Live and learn. Too much time and money involved in redoing the top. Live with it I guess.