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I was at the lumber yard in Spokane and heard two guys arguing about glue.
One guy was telling the other that he only uses Titebond III for everything, even outdoor stuff. The other guy got real quiet and said, 'You know, the old timers I learned from in the 80s would mix their own hide glue for fine furniture and swore by it for repairs.' That stuck with me all week. I've been using the same three bottles of glue for years without really thinking about it. It made me go look up what hide glue even is, and now I'm curious. For the guys who do a lot of restoration work or high-end joinery, is there a real case for using the old school stuff over the modern bottles? What jobs have you done where the specific glue type really mattered in the end result?
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skyler_thomas6mo ago
Wow, hide glue changed my whole view.
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masonbell6mo ago
Changed your whole view" is a pretty strong statement for glue. Did you have some kind of deep spiritual moment with a horse hoof or something? I'm picturing you just staring at a drying glue joint, having an actual life crisis. My view only changes when the coffee kicks in.
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