I know there was a recent thread discussing hide glue. I contacted Bjorn Industries and got more information than I'll ever use about the stuff. I'll paste a quip here from the May newsletter I'm presently working on for the local chapter. They might be worth knowing, espeically for people who do a lot of rebuilding. >From Bjorn Industries, in their pamphlet introducing hide glue: “Nearly 4,000 years ago, the Egyptians were using hide glue for their furniture adnesive. This is proven by chairs fouind in Pharaoh’s tombs and by stone carvings depicting the process of gluing different woods. Hide glue is still in use today for wood gluing and over the years much has been written about the manufacture and use of hide glue for hundreds of other adhesive application. With the evolution of synthetic (ready to use) adhesives, hide glue has taken a lesser role in idustry but has maintained a major role in repair and restoration of antique furniture, reproduction of period furniture, restoration, production and repair of musical instruments.” Bjorn industries offers ten different grades of hide glue, and charges from $3.95 to $8.00 per pound, based on quantities purchased. They may be contacted at 551 King Edward Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211, or at 704-364-1186. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
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