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276704 scottg <scottg@s...> 2022‑12‑07 Re: Hide glue for Gerstner repair
Hyde glue, liquid hyde glue, brown glue, super glue, Gorilla glue, 
Titebond 111 or any of the other modern waterproof poly glues.
   They are all just too expensive for me.
  Use it once and throw the bottle away. Ouch

I like superglue from the dollar store because it comes in tiny sealed 
tubes that are always fresh and hot.
(I also have some Gorilla glue in their own tiny tubes but its very costly)

   But my number one, for nearly all my life
  Good ol Elmers yellow wood glue.
  Original formula.
Its cheap, lasts nearly forever on the shelf and never fails.
If I really have to, enough steam will soften it should I need to take 
something apart.

   For the toolbox I would either apply a little Elmers and blow it in 
with a soda straw
   or else cut it a bit with water and use a syringe.
   I got a couple of syringes with long thin curved plastic spouts from 
the woodworking world and love them.
   I have since found out they are really dental syringes and come 10 in 
a bag for very very little.

If you want to use it, 5 minute epoxy is actually a better wood glue 
than overnight epoxy. The 5 minute is a little more flexible as wood is 
flexible.
  yours scott


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