The yellow wood glue is a modified version of Elmers white glue. Vinegar would probably work, but then your chair leg would be saturated with vinegar and the acid can mess up drying on some glues. Heat will soften the glue. a heat gun might work but might char the wood. A possibility might be an oven on about 200 250 and let it warm over an hour or so. Wood shouldn't start to char until 300 350. Actually in industry they coat joints with glue which dries and are later soften to bond the pieces with microwaves. I'd do a few experiments before risking the leg.
David
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Jan Flood <jan.flood2@...> wrote:
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> Bought an antique, hand carved chair, that has had a sloppy repair. They used yellow wood glue on all four joints and one leg that was broken. Used way too much, let it ooze out of the joints, run down the legs - and just left it like that. The two pieces of one leg are not matched up and it's covered with even more dried glue.
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> I might be able to chip and sand off some of the runs but the mismatched leg must be repaired. Looked on the internet and found instructions on soaking it in white vinegar over and over till the joint loosens enough to separate the pieces. Anyone have a better idea or know of a product that removes dried glue? Looks like it's been there quite a white. I can understand someone wanting to DIY the repair, but who doesn't know to wipe off excess glue before it dries - or match up the broken ends?
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