hide glue help
- From: Frank Boettcher <fboettcher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:42:35 -0600
A little help from the hide glue experts:
I've mixed up a couple of batches and feel that maybe my mix is two
thin. here is what I've done:
pre soaked a quantitiy of glue crystals for 3-4 hours with an excess
of water. glue absorbed a lot of the water but still had an excess of
free water.
Drained off the excess free water simply by placing a knife against
the jar top and letting the excess water drain out. did not try to
force any of the rest of the water out. mixture looked like soggy
tapioca pudding.
placed in a rigged double boiler. babyfood jar suspended in a small
pot on a hot plate with a candy thermometer in the water. heated to
approxiamtely 160 degrees F for 30 minutes then let the temp drop back
to about 140.
when I dip a stir stick into the hot glue and lift it out it comes off
in drips, kind of the viscosity of a light oil. If i rub some between
my fingers it feels like cooking oil or light machine oil. It is
definitely not thick like a heavy syrup. Is this right? or am I doing
something wrong?
Frank
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