Hide glue

[Marcel Carey]

Hi to all of you,

I've been using liquid fish glue for a while now and it seems to me that it
has similar qualities of hide glue. It smells like the old Lepage and, a
plus for me, it doesn't freeze. It will gel with cold but won't loose it's
qualities when heated up again. I get it from a woodworking supplier(Lee
Valley). It dires harder then Tite-Bond.

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

At 07:35 97-02-23 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi John and list,
>LePage's was manufactured in Gloucester, MA.  I believe they have now been
>out of business for about a year.  Out of curiosity, I'll check on that when
>I'm there on vacation this summer.  I have found that good quality, fresh
>hide glue has very little odor.  Personnally, I don't find that very little
>odor at all offensive.  Try this- After it cools a little, cover the jar
>tightly and store in your refridgerator.  Remove it the night before you need
>it again to allow it to come to room temperature and it will heat up faster.
> This seems to prolong the quality over a longer period of time (avoids that
>nasty growth of mold in humid climates).
>Debbie Legg, FL
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