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I am in the process of getting ready to glue my project together but something has come up that i need some sense of direction or advice for next time, i had a 22" x 24" piece of laminated pine from which i cut 5/8" dados in it length wise. once the dados were cut i cut four 1" slats from the 22". so now i am left with four slats and a whole piece which measures 18-1/2" x 24". now i bought this solid piece of wood a few days back. and just yesterday everything including the whole piece of wood and the 1" slats that i cut are now bowed. while the piece of wood was stored it was layed flat on the top of my workbench. i was getting ready to prep the project for gluing and noticed this problem. when gluing i was gonna spring the wood back into it's straight shape and clamp it. is this not a good idea or what should i do? i had the wood lying flat and now it's bowed. any help from anyone on why this happened and if it can be fixed?

luckily this project is nothing more than storage bins (wood workers journal) that i saw in the magazine. this is my very first project that i have made and thought it was going real well till i saw this. sure this project wasn't that difficult but i did find a way to screw it up.

please help
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ANICE

but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i thought if you were to seal the project once finished gluing? i was going to leave mine natural and wasn't gonna varnish or paint. would this sealing add a varnish type look??? also should i varnish this project? it's only gonna be in the garage and it's used to store hardware. so in my opinion, no fancy finishing would be necessary. let me know your input on this one.......

thanks
shawn

 

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Thanks Mike. But After All Said And Done I Should Glue The Project Before Finishing Right???? If I Finish The Wood Before Gluing, The Glue Won't Stick Right?

 

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Ed

the height is the 18" and the dados that i have cut are running vertically on that. so the grain pattern is running horizontally to the dados. i cut the dados on the overall piece then cut off the one inch strips for my slats. grain all running horizontally

shawn

 

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also, even though i realize there are probably tons of sealants that can be used to fix the pre-warping phase could anyone please give me some exact names of sealants i can use................

when you seal the ends, should you do it right after you make the cut so it doesn't warp or is that being a little to paranoid??? how long does it take for these sealers to dry to where i can continue. lets say i start a project and it comes close to the evening and i know it won't be done, should i seal it before closing up shop????? should i do everyside that is exposed or only two sides.........can you shed some light on the how to's of this??

thanks
shawn