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Hide glue use

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DC:
I've made three batches of hide glue. The pile on the right is from two of them. Nice and clear, slightly different color, it works good. The other batch on the left turned out cloudy, even after filtering. It doesn't seem greasy and it seems to work but I don't know whether to trust it or not. Has anyone used cloudy glue like this and been happy?

DC:
Does hide glue have to gel to give a strong joint? Let's assume that the glue gels at 70°f. If we heated everything up to 80°f, glued and clamped it and let it dry, would it make a decent joint? I'm just wondering about gluing in hot weather. I noticed when I was sizing a joint and drying it with the heat gun that it dried without gelling. Made me think.

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