<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Glue</title></head><body> <div>At 10:18 pm +0100 7/6/07, David Boyce wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>One of the two UK piano supply companies, Fletcher and Newman, sells a version of animal glue that instead of being in pearl form, is a firm jelly, roughly the consistency of a block of Jello.  It has some advantages over pearl hide glue.  It doesn't need a heated glue pot, as just immersing a small jar of it in a dish of hot water is enough to make it runny.<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>In the customer's home, it's great for a small repair, like replacing a single broken shank, as you can heat just a little in an old spoon, using a lighter, and that will do for s single job.  It is extremely strong, and has a slightly longer "open" time than pearl glue. The longer tack time could possibly be a slight disadvantage.  It is still much quicker than PVA.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I don't see the point of using such stuff.  My gluepot consists of a conical porcelain or glass cup (a small Chinese handle-less teacup, abtainable from any Chinese restaurant or wholesaler is fine) and an old aluminium pan lid with a hole cut in it to hold the cup.  This sits on top of a pan of hot water.  If I'm doing outside repairs, I burden myself with a pan but boil a kettle at the customer's house and use his pan.</div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240811c28e39848f1b@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> <div><br></div> <div>My glue is always a more or less firm jelly anyway once it is prepared for use and allowed to go cold.  Once I have soaked the glue for an hour or two in cold water, I warm it and stir it smooth.  When it has gone cold, the glue can be lifted out of the cup as a lump and stored in the fridge.</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </body> </html>