Hot Hide Glue Problem

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 19:16:11 MDT 2007


On 10/25/07, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

> I mixed up some hot hide glue yesterday. The crystals were from a package
> (my first/only) which I've had for about six months. I have successfully
> mixed glue from it in the past, but yesterday it never set up hard. It dried
> about the consistency of rubber cement (but nowhere nearly as sticky!)

> Any idea what could possibly be going wrong??

Hide glue crystals last nearly forever.

What's the ambient temperature where you are gluing with it?  Might be too cold.

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JF

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