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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: Q about fishglue and rawhide
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2020, 10:39:31 pm »
Sounds good.
Any critter tastes good with enough butter on it.

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Re: Q about fishglue and rawhide
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2020, 03:24:29 pm »
Don't use acetone. :) On any wood :) Leave it for cleaning composite materials.
If you make your own glue from fish air bladders you can remove the wrapping as soon as the glue gels. It gels at a slightly lower temperature than sinew glue, hide glue gels quickest in my experience. Gelatine is quick gelling too. Home made collagen glue of any kind is going to be far better for glueing rawhide than commercial fish glue.
Yew is one of the harder woods to glue with proper collagen glues.
A scraped smooth surface is the best surface for collgen glues. As smooth as possible is best. Sanded surfaces when used with collgen glues end up with many tiny air bubbles trapped in the grooves left by the grits. A sharp scraper leaves a smooth surface that the glue has more suface contact with :)