Buldoc wood glue

[Farrell]

I guess I should qualify my last post - I'm sure I could always get at least one additional set of hands, and possibly another unskilled set of hands to help install the board. Can hot hide be used successfully to install a board with one set of skilled hands, one semi-skilled set (wife), and one unskilled set (son) (I just watch)? If so, what would be your procedure to do it within the working time of hot hide glue. Thanks.

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