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Muskyman:
Do you use the titebond liquid hide glue or the pellets you mix?
Also do have to buy the ea 40 online or is it available somewhere else, if so I can’t find it.
Does it come anything smaller then pints.

Eric Krewson:
I have never used tight bond hide glue but have read that it doesn't make as strong a bond as granular hide glue because it has additives.

Knox gelatin from the grocery store is as good a hide glue as you can buy, very cheap as well.

EA-40 used to come in half pints, I have some, all I see are pints for sale now.

Muskyman:
Thanks Eric, I’ve read different things about the shelf life of the ea 40. What is your experience with it

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: Muskyman on November 02, 2022, 07:45:35 pm ---Also do have to buy the ea 40 online or is it available somewhere else, if so I can’t find it.
Does it come anything smaller then pints.

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I can't say on the sizes, but they do have a distributor list on their website, so you may be able to find someone closer to you to buy from if you prefer.

I don't think I would ever use a hide glue anywhere I would use EA-40. What are you planning for this?



--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on November 02, 2022, 09:05:42 pm ---Knox gelatin from the grocery store is as good a hide glue as you can buy, very cheap as well.

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I have used the Knox gelatin and it worked well for patching a pin knot on the back of a bow.


Mark

Muskyman:
mattockx, I was going to use the hide glue for sinew or rawhide. The EA-40 I was going to use for wood to wood glue ups. I have seen people on other online sites using titebond 3 for both. People on here seem to like the EA-40 for gluing  on risers and tip overlays and hide glue for sinew or rawhide. I was just asking about the hide glue because I was curious about the Titebond hide glue. I’m glad I did because of the Knox gelatin Eric told me about. I never knew that that was a glue of any kind. Never done anything much with wood so it’s all new to me. I did glue a riser on the Osage bow I’ve been working on with Titebond 3 because that’s what I have for now but, it’s more of a practice bow for me and if it pops off I’ll either try and glue it back on with some EA-40 or toss it. I figured I’ll learn more by doing and making mistakes along the way then any other way.

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