[CAUT] a simple question

[David Skolnik]

Paul wrote:
>I did see, in the hardware store, Titebond liquid hide glue the other day.
>
>Has anyone tried that?

What's the point?  It lacks the quick set up time of hot hide, it 
runs the way yellow glue does, and I seem to recall that it has some 
other negative characteristics.  I've used hot hide for years, but 
molding glue works very nicely.

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY





At 09:30 AM 7/3/2008, you wrote:

>You're correct Ed,
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>I'm sold on switching to to the Molding glue.  The regular Titebond 
>is too runny and I spend too much time catching drips and even after 
>I do, I get the occasional hardened drip down into the 
>coving.  That's a pain to clean up!  I know a lot of the 
>traditionalists like hot hide, but I've never really used it.  I did 
>see, in the hardware store, Titebond liquid hide glue the other day.
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>Has anyone tried that?
>
>Thanks again to everyone for the good info on molding glue.  On to 
>the next set of hammers!
>
>Paul
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>Some clarification here:
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>Titebond Original Wood Glue is a yellow glue. It will need 
>thickening for hammer hanging.
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>Titebond Molding and Trim Wood Glue is a white glue. It is already 
>thick to a "no-run, no-drip" consistancy. I don't think it requires, 
>or should be thickened before hanging hammers. Its initial set is 
>fast. Unless the hammers are bored very loose to the shanks, you can 
>move the Spurlock jig to the next section in just a few minutes. You 
>can tell when the glue has set by testing a hammer.
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>Both glues can do a good job for hanging hammers. Most folks who try 
>the Molding and Trim Glue like it because it doesn't run or drip 
>very much, and makes a neat job easier to attain.
>
>Ed Sutton
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