daddy-o496 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 What weight hide glue are you using? Pals, Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luthierwannabe Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 What weight hide glue are you using? Pals, Vic. I use 195gm for joining top plate to ribs and 315gm for everything else....Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndon Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 standard stuff from international violin, i think its about 130 but i could be way off, ive been told the main problem with the really high pound stuff is it gels much quicker and you have to race to get stuff together, and if you dont the joint is weaker, cabinet makers used to use really weak stuff i think 80 or 90 because it gave them lots of time to get the clamps on, urea can dramatically slow gel times but i havent heard much good about it strength wise. certainly if youre going to have only one glue id reccomend something like the international 130 stuff, however if youre really fastideous, some higher strength, quick gelling glue for stuff youre sure you can get clamped quickly enough might be useful IMO, i just cant think of to many operations in violin restoration where the clamps go on really quick ive heard the strongest hide glues are every bit a strong or stronger than just about any modern glue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Noon Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I use 192g high-clarity for most things. It IS really quite clear, which is nice, and is very runny when hot... even in pretty high concentrations. That can be good or bad, depending on what you want to do with it. For some other things I use 315... if I want a thick and soupy glue, or quick-setting, or thinned out to make a temporary joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndon Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 correction, i was way off, according to the catalogue im using 315 not 130, dont know where those numbers came from, i guess i better take my own advice and work a whole lot quicker with clamps!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Molnar Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I use 315 High Clarity from Thordahl. I never had any glue problems with this. Stay Tuned. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_N Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I use Behlen that I think I got at the Woodcraft store. Nice stuff, very clear. I have it marked on the can 2.25:1, which is the water/glue ratio I mix it at. I do have a bag of International violin glue that I don't use because it was so cloudy and nasty. Never got anything else bad from them. It is fairly thick though. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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