Bolduc Glue

[Farrell]

I have not used Andre's glue, but I did watch him install a soundboard and use his glue for the board-to-rim joint. He says that removal should be much the same as if yellow glue were used - removal won't be as easy as hide glue, but water will soften it and with some work, it will come off.

Personally, having cleaned up a few hide glue joints, and just simply marveling at how easy and neat the job is, and knowing a bit about how hard yellow glue is to remove............... Well, let's just say I have a lot of respect for hide glue and joints that can be expected to be re-newed someday.

Has anyone had experience taking apart and cleaning surfaces with a yellow glue joint? Or are we going to have to wait 50 - 100 years to find this out?

Terry Farrell
  
> > List:
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> > Who out there has tried Andre Bolduc's glue (recommended for bridges and 
> > soundboards)? What applications have you used it in, e.g. bridges, etc., 
> > and what is your experience with it? Any details will be appreciated: 
> > set-up time, working time, clean up, etc. Thanks.
> > 
> > Paul Revenko
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>           Hi Paul
>            I've used about four quarts over the last year or so  in various 
> applications. It is in my opinion a much tougher glue than the average yellow 
> wood glues like tightbond. I first used for gluing bridge caps for its non- 
> clog the drillbit benifit. I've since found it to be almost non- thermo 
> plastic, which is good in certain uses. O.K. add enough heat and every thing 
> is but I mean if you put something together with this glue be sure you don't 
> have to take it apart. I recently glued a soundboard in to the rim and  the 
> next day the glue was hard as glass and the board boomed nicely. With my 
> usual cold hide glue apllication I usually don't get a good solid boom for 5 
> to seven days.        
>    However being a believer in using the right glue for a given application I 
> would feel sorry for any one who has remove this glue from an inner rim 
> (rasten) without tearing  up the glue joint. It's just very tough stuff. So 
> be warned. I don't know if I'll do that again.
>      Rib joints and board work would be another place that would be fine. I 
> mean you don't want the ribs to come off.
>              Dale Erwin
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