Buldoc wood glue

[Farrell]

Have a heating pot. Use hot hide for many applications. I love the stuff. The trouble I see with using it to install a soundboard is the working time in a one-man shop. Do you have any methods to get around this potential problem?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ellsworth" <HOOD@uwplatt.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Buldoc wood glue


> "Cold" hide glue - I assume you mean the liquid kind, which has urea in it to
> keep it from hardening in the bottle.  WELL, it never really hardens enough
> ever, esp for any joint with any tension at all on it.  Any kind of humid
> weather will make it creep.  The harpsichord list gets on this about once a
> year and negative testimonials pour in.  If you want to use hide glue, great -
> it's creep-proof, surprisingly resistant to moisture, (anybody who repairs
> violins etc will tell you how much patience, hot water or steam, and vinegar
> it takes to get the tops of) and an excellent sound-conductor.  Not that hard
> to use, with a little practice.  Get a heating pot.
> Best, margaret Hood