GarageWoodworks wrote:

I assembled my latest project (a blanket chest) yesturday and I
contemplated prefinishing it before glue-up. This should make glue
clean up a lot easier. I can see two potential problems with this: 1)
finish will weaken any tenon shoulder glue adhesion (finish
surrounding a mortise). 2) the act of clamping can scratch the
preapplied finish. Take the poll.

http://garagewoodworks.com/gw_blog/

I pre-finish my projects. Before applying the finish, I mask off all
joints and glue-up areas. I don't worry about the shoulder joint where the
glue would be end-grain to side grain, just the mortises and tenons
themselves. I don't do this with dovetailed drawers, but do pre-scrape the
inside in order to make applying the finish easier. I also pre-finish the
drawer bottoms -- it keeps glue from sticking to them.

"GarageWoodworks" <bgrella at (no spam) garagewoodworks.com> wrote in message
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I assembled my latest project (a blanket chest) yesturday and I
contemplated prefinishing it before glue-up. This should make glue
clean up a lot easier. I can see two potential problems with this: 1)
finish will weaken any tenon shoulder glue adhesion (finish
surrounding a mortise). 2) the act of clamping can scratch the
preapplied finish. Take the poll.

http://garagewoodworks.com/gw_blog/


I often sand and prestain certain parts before assembly, in particular
cabinet door panels. With wood movement and seasonal shrinkage door panels
can reveal unstained areas.

On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:49:08 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
nospam at (no spam) hadenough.com> scrawled the following:

GarageWoodworks wrote:

I assembled my latest project (a blanket chest) yesturday and I
contemplated prefinishing it before glue-up. This should make glue
clean up a lot easier. I can see two potential problems with this: 1)
finish will weaken any tenon shoulder glue adhesion (finish
surrounding a mortise). 2) the act of clamping can scratch the
preapplied finish. Take the poll.

http://garagewoodworks.com/gw_blog/

I pre-finish my projects. Before applying the finish, I mask off all
joints and glue-up areas. I don't worry about the shoulder joint where
the glue would be end-grain to side grain, just the mortises and tenons
themselves. I don't do this with dovetailed drawers, but do pre-scrape
the
inside in order to make applying the finish easier. I also pre-finish the
drawer bottoms -- it keeps glue from sticking to them.

What, just one hand-rubbed coat of Waterlox, or something thicker?
Anything should make a big difference with glue.

P.S: You finish the inside of drawers?

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:33:18 -0500, the infamous "Leon"
lcb11211 at (no spam) swbell.dotnet> scrawled the following:


"GarageWoodworks" <bgrella at (no spam) garagewoodworks.com> wrote in message
news:5eb89420-37fd-47bb-9b8f-83c7a0570ebf at (no spam) e11g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
I assembled my latest project (a blanket chest) yesturday and I
contemplated prefinishing it before glue-up. This should make glue
clean up a lot easier. I can see two potential problems with this: 1)
finish will weaken any tenon shoulder glue adhesion (finish
surrounding a mortise). 2) the act of clamping can scratch the
preapplied finish. Take the poll.

http://garagewoodworks.com/gw_blog/


I often sand and prestain certain parts before assembly, in particular
cabinet door panels. With wood movement and seasonal shrinkage door
panels can reveal unstained areas.

Ohmigod! I came back too soon. You guys are still using the 'S'
word!

Shameful. Just shameful. I bet I'll see the 'P' word soon, too.

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:33:18 -0500, the infamous "Leon"
lcb11211 at (no spam) swbell.dotnet> scrawled the following:

"GarageWoodworks" <bgrella at (no spam) garagewoodworks.com> wrote in message
news:5eb89420-37fd-47bb-9b8f-83c7a0570ebf at (no spam) e11g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
I assembled my latest project (a blanket chest) yesturday and I
contemplated prefinishing it before glue-up. This should make glue
clean up a lot easier. I can see two potential problems with this: 1)
finish will weaken any tenon shoulder glue adhesion (finish
surrounding a mortise). 2) the act of clamping can scratch the
preapplied finish. Take the poll.

http://garagewoodworks.com/gw_blog/

I often sand and prestain certain parts before assembly, in particular
cabinet door panels. With wood movement and seasonal shrinkage door panels
can reveal unstained areas.

Ohmigod! I came back too soon. You guys are still using the 'S'
word!

Shameful. Just shameful. I bet I'll see the 'P' word soon, too.

Now that was a memory flogger. IIRC your favorite finish word was