Hot Hide Glue - Mixing, Use & Understanding Gram Strength - Ragland Piano Company

Questions about mixing, gram strengths, use are answered in this video. Still have a question? Leave me a comment.....
Hot hide glue has been in use for millennia. Wood parts glued with hot hide glue (NOT the more modern "hot glue" usually found in stick or chip form) can be separated later with little to no damage to the wood, making it preferred by luthiers, cabinet builders and woodworkers in general.
Want to buy our hide glue? www.ebay.com/str/raglandpiano... and type "hide glue" in the search bar. Sold in 4oz, 8oz, 1lb, 3lb, 5lb amounts in gram strengths from 192-444 in regular and high clarity.
And no, I didn't really eat the glue.

[@cmguitar50]

@10:45 haha! Ages ago when I used hide glue for furniture repair, the beagle in our shop would clean the floor near my bench daily :)

[@georgebekas8364]

This is great stuff perfect for making composite bows or backing a bow with sinew just another use for this glue works great 👍🏻

[@sinaTonewood]

nice video about hide glue,

[@johnnasta]

Thanks for the video. I ended up buying an electric hot plate ($15) and I use an asparagus pot because it keeps the glass jars off of the heat. I put one jar with glue mixture and one with plain water in there, and a dial thermometer. I usually use a cheap thin wooden coffee stirrer to spread the glue instead of a brush, and put the stick in the water between uses. I personally wouldn't eat anything that came from an animal rendering plant, but YMMV. I bought some trichord damper felts from your company that were listed for grand piano but were exactly what I needed for my upright. Thanks!

[@rakentrail]

Hotdogs? Bologna?

[@beethovensg]

Did you seriously eat that collagen?

[@saveriosalerno9232]

Thanks!

[@raglandpiano]

Glad to help!

[@jop33]

Could you share the different open times for the different gram strengths? Thank you!

[@seemoore]

Inches and feet are referred to as Imperial measurement.

[@jolox.]

I bought your 251 gram hide glue. I removed my very first guitar bridge (cracked) and had some tear out. The wood layers on the baseboard are separated in a few areas from the tear out. Also there are some very slight gaps from where the wood stuck despite my heat gun attempt to melt the glue. I'm guessing the glue was not hide glue? My question is, should I make a more liquid (add more water) application to put on the torn out layers so it will underfill where it is separating? Or would more viscous be better? Will the hide glue also fill the gaps, or should I mix in sawdust? Any tips? I'm going to subscribe as I want to learn more about hide glue! Thanks for the informative video!

[@rakentrail]

On torn tops I use a thinner glue than usual. (just add water LOL) I glue the damaged area lightly and cover with wax paper and a flat caul & clamp thru the soundhole. I let it set up over night. Then lightly sand. warm top with a lamp, glue and clamp the bridge right over your glued repair and let it set up over night! Done a whole lot of damaged tops this way in my shop. Hide glue will stick to itself unlike PVA glue!

[@GlennLaguna]

Hello, I want to use this glue for "Set-up Polishing Wheels". Which is applying turkish emery grits to a cloth buffing wheel. It's the old school way to polish. But I need a good amount of glue to coat the wheels and wondering about the expense of a hide glue vs buying a dedicated cold glue. A few buffing wheel suppliers still make the cold glues but they have a shelf life of a year. The more Hide glue you buy the less it is I assume? And what gram strength might you suggest? And I see wax warmers that say they only go up to 100 degree. What is the best temp for what I want to do, which is paint a 10" cloth buffing wheel and roll it in the grit. Probably take about 1-2 minutes the first time on a new wheel, and then less than a minute thereafter. You don't mention the best temp, you say 145 and don't go over 145, but for my application could you go less temp?

[@raglandpiano]

I often hear of new (to me) uses for hide glue and this is certainly one. You would need a slower glue so I would recommend 192 for this use. Higher numbers set faster. Greater quantities typically cost less per pound than smaller quantities. It's important to note the 145 temp is F - about 62C. 145F will kill the holding power of the glue by essentially cooking it.

[@donaldjauregui1625]

Wear do I get your glue on line

[@jegr3398]

Great video, thanks! Sugar in the raw 😅

[@raglandpiano]

😆

[@rakentrail]

Rather have a "honey" in the raw! 🤣😂