silk and hide glue test

[Hrothgar]

Scott, I read somewhere that when you use the real hide glue a little vinegar can be mixed with the glue to speed up the drying process and apparently doesn't effect the final strength or flexibilty of the bond. Just my 2 cents.

[Dean Marlow]

I use silk a-lot on bows especially ones you are going to cover with snakeskins any way. I use regular  carpenters glue the most. I have used titebond also. I like the regular old yellow carpenters glue the best. Titebond sets up to fast for me. I like to work the silk down with my fingers and the carpenters glue gives me more time to get all the air pockets out of it before it gets to hard. Also I would rather put the silk on dry than wet. I have more air pockets to work out when I wet the silk down. Hide glue would be good to but you would have to keep the bow out of the rain if using it.