Decal adhesive/Music rack needed

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sun Dec 16 11:05:33 MST 2007


> I knew that the boards were glued together, but not what the process or 
> glue is.  Thanks!
>  
> Annie

Hi Annie,
Terry's web page shows the process nicely, but the glue is 
another thing. Traditionally, hot hide glue was used, not 
necessarily because it was ideal, but it was what was widely 
available, familiar, easy enough to use, and worked just fine. 
Today, hot hide glue is still used, as is cold hide glue, 
yellow carpenter's glue (waterproof or not), plastic resin, 
urea formaldehyde, or about anything you can think of that 
makes a decent joint. The glue chosen doesn't impart any 
magical acoustic properties one way or another. It just has to 
be strong and reasonably firm.
Ron N


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