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Frank Ford, 6/26/98 Photos by FF, 6/23/98
Should you read my article about hide glue. this will not surprise you. Hide glue and animal gelatin are the same. Only factor is, edible gelatin includes a gel strength up around 350 grams. Which makes it particularly significant to help keep the various components warm whenever you glue up, so the glue stays liquid before you decide to apply clamping pressure.
Incidentally, unflavored gelatin is offered as food. After smelling it and smelling my usual hide glue, I believe I'd rather consume the glue!
These things are perfectly acceptable for periodic use, although this is an costly method to buy glue.
You simply mix the dry gelatin with 3 occasions the weight water:
Which means about 3/4 oz. cold water for every package (1/4 oz.) of unflavored gelatin:
Stir up and quickly water is absorbed:
Heat to 150 levels F for doing things, and you've got an incredibly obvious and powerful hide glue.
It really works similar to the hide glue I describe within the article on how to use hide glue. speculate it's greater gel strength it requires more water (about 3:1 rather of approximately 2:1.)
Combine singleOr4 oz. envelope of gelatin about 1/3 cup water and you receive a perfect glue for attaching paper identification labels within the incomplete surface of any stringed instrument.
Be sure to browse the other glue articles prior to going about using hide glue.