Titebond Liquid Hide Glue specs...was the glue

Richard Brekne ricb at pianostemmer.no
Wed Jan 23 03:44:40 MST 2008


Hi All 

For your clarification and to try and help Stéphane sort this out:

Here is the exact quote from the good folks at Tite-Bond themselves. 
Sounds to me like the folks at Tite Bond will not recommend liquid hide 
glue for this application.

    "The Titebond Liquid Hide Glue is sensitive to humidity, even when
    dried. At
    the least, it can soften in the humidity you describe. If the substrates
    part during that time, the bond will fail. If the substrates remain
    together
    during that time and the humidity lowers, the bond will remain. I
    hope this
    answers the question."

This answer was give in response to the following question, also an 
exact quote

    "Some European technicians told me it would possibly fail in an
    environment
    which has more than 50 % relative humidity.
    What do you think ?" ......

    "The piano might undergo a relative humidity level of 60 % here. 
    Will the
    liquid hide glue joint stand this ?  On the open portion of the
    perimeter,
    the only stress the joint will undergo is the dimensional change of the
    board under relative humidity change."



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