hot hide glue wash

[David Ilvedson]

That's the beauty of hot hide glue when used correctly...it sets up quickly and doesn't overally wick into the cloth.   I think just re-reading Bill Spurlock's key bushing articles can clear up hot hide problems...

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>
To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
Received: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:35:54 -0700
Subject: RE: hot hide glue wash

>At 10:16 PM 6/4/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>>I suppose it does matter how much you use. I have tried to remove bushings 
>>installed with white glue. Cursed the whole job through. What a mess. 
>>Never did get it all off but enough, I reasoned to make the new ones 
>>successful.
>>
>>Greg Newell

>Somebody must have really smeared the stuff in there. It's the big globs of 
>white glue which are hard to remove. I put an even but thin ribbon on the 
>bushing itself, and then use Bill Spurlock's cauls. By the time the wood 
>absorbs some and the bushing absorbs some, there shouldn't be any left to 
>squeeze out and make a mess. Actually, I found that the time I tried the 
>hot hide glue it wicked into the cloth worse than the Elmer's. No doubt the 
>hot hide glue  was the wrong consistency and I probably used too much.

>Susan Kline

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