glue storage

[David Love]

To what temperature are the standard supply house glue pots designed to heat 
the glue.

David Love


>From: Stephen Birkett <birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: glue storage
>Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:58:58 EST
>
>John asked:
> > What temperature do you recommend for heating hide glue?
> >
>I'll let Wolfenden have the last word on this:
>
>"Just how much damage is done to the holding power of the glue cannot be
>easily expressed, but it is very considerable, and varies with the degree
>of the heat and the duration of the exposure. One authority on the subject
>of glue manufacture and usage says that it loses half a grade if kept at a
>temperature of 200 F for one hour. Recent researches show, that to secure
>the best results and greatest economy, the glue solution should not be
>heated, in any stage above about I45 F (63 C)."
>
>Stephen
>
>Stephen Birkett Fortepianos
>Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos
>464 Winchester Drive
>Waterloo, Ontario
>Canada N2T 1K5
>tel: 519-885-2228
>mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
>

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