[CAUT] Hot Hide glue woes (??)

[Michelle Stranges]

It's much darker. Sometimes even "cloudy".
Looks like melted caramel- the cubed kind that you buy in the grocery  
store.

I have worked with glues that seemed much "clearer" than the stuff I  
have been getting.

:)
michelle
On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:20 PM, David Love wrote:

> What did it look like?
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Michelle Stranges
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:01 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: [CAUT] Hot Hide glue woes (??)
>
> Hi Folks..
>
> I am wondering if I could get some feedback on the characteristics of
> the glue *you* use.
>
> I love hot hide glue (who doesn't??) but I am having concerns that
> mine doesn't  "look" nice.
>
> Now this *ain't* some girly thing- I just wonder if I've got
> something weird here.
>
> They say in the directions that it should look.. you know... kinda
> transparent, healthy (sorry I don't have them with me)
>
> While I *do* feel the glue I mix is gonna do it's job- it just
> doesn't LOOK good.
> The batch I've been working with- in no way is it transparent and a
> light caramel color.
> I have tried spirng water in exachange for regular tap water, clean
> jars and brushes and Voodoo chants.
>
> It still looks not like it should.
>
> This has happened a couple of times and I even called Pianotek and
> they gladly sent me some more to replace.
>
> What color is your parachute?
> (and glue??)
>
> :)
>
> Strange is
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