Author Topic: Hide glue crack repair?  (Read 2566 times)

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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Hide glue crack repair?
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2020, 09:46:19 pm »
the crack would bother me more than a wrap,,,

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Hide glue crack repair?
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2020, 08:29:15 am »
If you want to use hide glue, thin with water just slightly and wrap with sinew. Jawge
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Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Hide glue crack repair?
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2020, 01:16:33 pm »
glue in a crack like that will do nothing. It does not take strain off the damaged wood cells. A patch of sinew on the back then wrap with sinew would work