I am building a long snow shed. I created a form on a wooden board so I can duplicate a bunch of supports.
My question is
What can I use as a form release to make sure the wood pieces don't stick to the wooden form if the is a little extra glue?
I was thinking of using my CRC 2-26 Cleaner which contains a little bit of oil.
Harold
Hi Harold,
Not having seen your form, I wonder if wax paper would work? I remember using it overtop of balsa plane plans so the parts didn't get glued down.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Tried that. Did not work.
How about painting the interrior of the form with a high gloss paint? Wood glue shouldn't stick to that much.
Good luck,
Richard
Interesting. I might even try it with Poly.
Something you need to mention is what you're using for glue. If as I suspect it's cyanoacrylate, wax paper won't work well. What you might try is a sheet of plastic with 'low surface activity' -- polyethylene, perhaps, or acetal if they make it in suitable sheet size. Next best would be a spray-on mold release agent, which can be a thin silicone-based oil or something like the Miller-Stephenson PTFE coatings (MS122 or MS143 series) that would have minimum transfer to the inside of your assemblies.
You might also try one of the two-part 'hydrophobic' coatings that are sold to make the most surprising sorts of things 'waterproof'.
I don't think that I would want to use any substance that could transfer to the wood parts, especially if painting/staining will be needed later.
The waxed paper method has been recommended for longer than I can remember.
Not to be snarky or overly critical, but perhaps a little more caution when applying the adhesive might be in order.
I would draw the forms on parchment paper and use pins on a hunk of foam to hold things in place. Most glues will not stick to parchment paper.
I wonder if you can run parchment paper through a printer?
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
You can certainly run parchment paper through a laser printer, but the glue might stick to the fused toner and pull it loose.
I don't believe in the inkjet scam so I have no idea if transferred ink changes the smooth paper surface or can start dissolving or diffusing out...
BATMAN I would draw the forms on parchment paper and use pins on a hunk of foam to hold things in place. Most glues will not stick to parchment paper. I wonder if you can run parchment paper through a printer?
My wife ran parchment paper through our current (ancient) ink jet printer and no issues, so I'd think it's fine.
Of course you could always use a piece of glass as a 'light table' and tape the parchment paper to it 'printed side down' -- the parchment then doubling as the 'frosting' for the glass pane to diffuse the light.