Collective Wisdom-- I am adding a bit to this thread at a late date; hope I don't start a flame war. Does anyone besides myself still use fish glue? I've used hot hide glue a few times and see its advantages, surely, but fish glue does a nice job with felt. Of course one must follow the usual precautiions about wicking and not using "too much". The DISadvantage is the slow setting time. (Since I am a slow worker anyway the hassle of setting up and maintaining a glue pot outweigh hide glue's advantage of rapid hardening; I just switch to a "fish glue mode" or time frame.) Incidentally, for "non-removable" felt-to-wood applications, such as nameboard felt, I will also use Pliobond, a sort of super rubber cement. Does anyone know whether this stuff has poor long-term properties, like drying out completely and then failing? The trick with Pliobond, of course, is to thinly coat the felt and let it DRY; then apply the next coat to the wood surface only before making the joint. This will avoid wicking even with thin felt. Cheers, Dave Talcott Lurker
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