I am doing a cedar chest and want to dye prior to final assembly. Are there issues with glue adhearance if the surface has been dyed. Should I tape off areas where there will be glued surfaces? I know that I would tape off for final finish, but was curious if Dye would have the same issues? My first thoughts are yes. Just checking on what others would do?
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Hopefully someone with more experience with this will weigh in, but since dyes are absorbed into the wood and don'''t form a film on the surface like pigment stains, my guess is that you shouldn't have any gluing issues. I would think taping off would be rather fruitless as you'd probably get a lot of absorption under the tape anyway. Try it on some scrap pieces.
If you build it he will come.
Shouldn't be a problem to glue over dye, though I haven't actually done it.
PVA adhesive will work with a dyed surface. Just don't use an oil based dye. Waterbased or alcohol is fine.
Be sure to let the dye stain fully dry.
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