<font face="arial" size="2">Julia,<br />   I use a Cold liquid hide glue when I'm traveling and use the glue pot in my shop.  An Aliphatic glue is what is more commonly known as 'yellow wood glue'.  Here is a run-down of glues that I use and thier common uses:<br /><br />PVA for non-critical wood joints.  Be careful, it creeps.  Provides good working time<br />Aliphatic (yellow wood glue) for common woodworking tasks, but doesn't work well with shear stress.  <br />Hot Hide Glue (use urea to adjust working time).  Good for hanging hammers and rigid wood joints.  Works well for felt and leather because it doesn't soak in much.<br />Cold Hide Glue.  Long working time.  General wood working tasks and rigid wood joints<br />PVC-E.  Use for rubber buttons and felt trim.  It's water resistant.  It also creeps a good bit.<br />Contact cement.  Water resistant, creeps.  Good for understring felt.  <br />Epoxy for jobs where I need to fill wood gaps.  It's waterproof.  Good for bridge work<br />Cyanoacrylates (Super Glue)(CA).  Used for small cracks, veneer, and tuning pin tightening.  Comes in different varieties (gap filling, thin, etc... for different purposes).<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br />Joey Recker<br /><br /></font><font face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif" size="2"> <hr align="center" width="100%" size="2" /> <b>From</b>: KeyKat88@aol.com<br /><b>Sent</b>: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:11 PM<br /><b>To</b>: pianotech@ptg.org<br /><b>Subject</b>: Reblitz: Glue pots vs glue sticks</font><br /><br /> <div>Greetings, </div> <div> </div> <div>      Reading Reblitz"s book, he mentions heated glue pots! Wow! To carry such a monstrostity in your car trunk! I was wondering if craft glue sticks are the same thing; Are they? Also, what is <em><strong>aliphatic</strong></em> glue?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks </div> <div>Julia Gottshall</div> <div>REading, PA</div><br />