Question about removing resin from stripped board.

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Hey guys, haven’t found a thread on this in the archives so I thought that I would ask.

I just recently stripped a board of its glass. But, there’s some left-over dried resin on the blank that was sort of caught between the fiberglass and the hot-coat.

It’s like a thin sheet of resin covering most of the board. It’s REALLY annoying to remove. Lately i’ve been just removing it by hand but I decided to use my planer and just mow away the resin, exposing the foam.

Using the planer worked really well, but after a few times of doing it, I thought to myself “is this ruining the planer or really dulling up the blade?”

Well, that’s my question for you. Is using the planer to get the remaining dried resin off the blank a bad idea?

I only did one or two “strokes” across the board and decided I’d ask you guys before I continued.

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I did it before (although it was a long time ago) and didn’t notice any harm to the planer’s blade. I’d say: “Go for it” unless someone more experienced says no?

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Oh, and I almost forgot: wear glasses!!!

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Oh, and I almost forgot: wear glasses!!!

Now there’s some very good advice! Luckily I was wearing glasses at the time, but dried resin chips were flying out the side of the planer like shrapnel!

Anyone have any reason why I should not continue to do this?

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I’ve done it over the last couple of days, adjust your blade so it just cuts, if you go too deep you’ll take chunks out of the foam.

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I’ve used a paint scraper to gently lift it off , in the past .

ben