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Never tried it myself but im thinking about it.. Anyone ever tried this stuff?
I did a course in antique furniture restoration and we used proper hide glue.. Man what a stink.. Its always put me off using it, having to heat it up... But id be willing to give this stuff a go.
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it makes me wonder how many people claiming they use hide glue are just using this?
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That said an awful lot of excellent guitars are made with Titebond red, and it's cheap and easy to work with.
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It's mostly for ease of taking it apart which I have done before because I didn't like something
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edit -not a criticism either way, but its important to clarify these points as the ways of working and results are different. They should be considered as two different glues.
Shelf life is important with titebond red and liquid hide glue - you need to check the codes on the bottle to make sure you are using fresh glue. Worth considering this with any off the shelf glue
Liquid hide glue is weaker than hot hide glue, but still strong enough for most applications. It does not dry as hard and brittle as hot glue - but you get a much longer working time instead
It disassembles easier than titebond red, but not as easy as hot hide glue
It doesn't tack together like hot hide glue does, where it actually draws the pieces together - you can't just do a rub join like you can with hotglue
I don't think its a terrible glue, but its certainly no better than titebond original, which can also be disassembled relatively easily and gives extra strength
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Fair enough.. Message received.... I will stick to the original then
Thanks for the replies....
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