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Questions and comments on the best sinew and hide glue.
Stick Bender:
192 G clarified hide glue
BowEd:
Ritch....The thinner stuff is clear and some of the thicker may get a little opague.It's still drying.
Yea I told ya those bladders are kinda large.Probably 12 of them?There will be a touch of fat on them.Which tells us that maybe they were'nt oven dried but air dried which is what a person wants.That 192 G stands for what?A strength of some sort?Nice bag of it though around a pound?
Stick Bender:
Yep they measure the natural material glues that gel in Gram strength ( G,GS ) & 1.1 ratio it's really not a measurement of cured strength a 192 G or a 325 G glue will pull wood off the joint before the glue gives up ,the way I understand it is that it has to do with gel density & time the lower the number the longer the gel time I read some where that the rabbit glue & fish glue is rated around 192 G but I have no idea what air bladder glue is but it has to be a low number if I have time I will look it up over the week end.
Stick Bender:
I learn a lot about natural glues from the guys that make musical instruments they take glue making to a new level , but a interesting note on GS is they say is most people that use a glue with a GS above 250 G water there glue down to much in order to get a thinner viscosity & end up making a weaker glue the Gram strength rating system is based on a 1 to 1 glue to water Ratio , they say this 192 G clarified glue is the cats ass , long working time and good strength , thanks for posting this thread Chuck interesting !!
willie:
I bought some hide glue years ago from Eugene Thordahl
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Remember asking him for a recommendation for my application, and he sent 251.
As for sinew specifically, I dunno, but he might have some good ideas.
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