Acoustic Guitar Construction

Got me some fish glue today. How much do you thin it? Here it says 1 on 1, but to me that is far too thick. Almost gelly.
Herman

Herman wrote:Got me some fish glue today. How much do you thin it? Here it says 1 on 1, but to me that is far too thick. Almost gelly.
Herman

I don't thin mine but it may be a different type. Mine gets jelly like in the refrigerator but thins out at room temp. Might want to test it first. Overall it is a it thicker than TB or HHG. Squeeze out cleans up very easily with a little warm water on a cloth or paper towel.

It is strange. All liquid fish glue is fluid in a store bought bottle. I thinned my fish glue (from flakes) to a hot fluid consistency.
But when cooled down mine is just as gummy as hide glue is when at room temperature. Huh? Help?

I only have used fish glue from a bottle. It is pretty gummy and tacky stuff. Are you says yours is totally congealed like it would not flow at all.

John Parchem wrote:I only have used fish glue from a bottle. It is pretty gummy and tacky stuff. Are you says yours is totally congealed like it would not flow at all.

Same here.

I've used it only from the bottle, but warm it up a bit - perhaps not necessary, but it does flow a little better. It is gooey.

As an experiment I thinned the fish glue with an hughe amount of water.
And: It still congeals when cooled to room temperature!
So I think fish glue in a bottle is something different than glue from flackes. The bottle version seems to be treated with consevatives and stuff to keep it fluid.

I ordered a bottle of "Canadian" fish glue in Germany. See how that behaves. I'll let you know.
(maybe we should pass this discussion the the adhesives chapter)
Herman