How to remove hot melt glue marks?

[Dengue]

Hello, I was looking to use hot melt glue on a small piece of Qld Silver Ash to attach it to a handle while I safely machined it on a router table. I have previously used double sided tape, but the handle sometimes came away in the machining, ruining the workpiece.

I think hot melt glue might leave a mark on the nice white surface of the QSA.

Can anyone please advise how to remove these marks?

[issatree]

Hi Dengy,
I'm not sure about this, but some time ago I think this came up somewhere.
Use the H/M on the work piece not on the good piece, & I think that maybe the answer. Hair Drier or Hot Air Gun will detach them.
If not, someone will put me straight.
A friend used Aluminium Plate,Turned to fit a Chuck, as his work piece, warmed it up on an old Electric Iron. Done the same to get them apart. You could then use the Glue again & again.

[Arron]

Use acetone to clean up the glue marks.
Cheers
Arron

[Hermit]

Joe, I use hot-melt almost daily to attach glue-blocks to blanks for the lathe, and have found that metho and gentle pressure is the way to go.

There aren't any glue marks left afterwards, and any remaining small bits of glue can be removed by wetting well with metho and 'rolling' them off.

To initially get the glue to lose it's grip, I completely flood the area with metho while applying firm, upward pressure. It can take a minute or two, (go slow to avoid damaging the timber surface), but will finally release.

The metho doesn't actually dissolve the glue, it sort of works it's way between the glue and the timber. A surface tension thing, I guess.

I've even done this with a finished, WOP-coated surface, without marking the timber at all.

I think Lewis, (issatree), has a good point, too. Apply the glue to the waste piece and not to the actual workpiece surface.

Good luck.

Edit: I should also add that any credit for the metho method must go to . He gave me the tip when he passed through Nowra on his travels last year.