Overview
Genuine hide glue that's ready to use in liquid form without mixing, heating or odor. Titebond Liquid Hide Glue is the first hide glue to be offered in a liquid, ready-to-use form. It requires no mixing, heating or stirring. Professional woodworkers use Titebond Liquid Hide for its long assembly time, exceptional strength and unique crackling effect on wood. Titebond Liquid Hide provides superior creep-resistance, offers excellent sandability and is unaffected by finishes. Its sensitivity to moisture allows for easy disassembly of parts, a critical benefit in antique restoration or the repair of musical instruments.
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Replace some chipped and missing veneer on an old cedar chest. Based on customer reviews.
Chris Z
on Aug 16, 2017
My uncle said it's the best wood working glow on the market.
David D
on Jul 14, 2017
Replace some chipped and missing veneer on an old cedar chest. Based on customer reviews.
Chris Z
on Aug 16, 2017
Ideal glue for caning project
Timothy J
on Jul 28, 2017
Ideal glue for caning project
Timothy J
on Jul 28, 2017
I make period reproduction (18th century furniture) and it works great-has long open time for complex glue ups.
DOUGLAS M. M
on Jul 13, 2017
I want to make my own wood filler. Have lots of fine sawdust. Will hide glue take stain?
BEST ANSWER: Yes unlike more modern glues you can stain right over the top without a noticeable color difference I bought an unfinished chair and stained it the chair had a container of yellow wood glue spilled on it when I stained the chair the puddle was a dark patch on the chair hide glue won't do that
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- Samuel S on Feb 28, 2017
what is the strongest glue to use in wood projects, the Titebond Liquid hide sounds promising. I have used other Titebond glues and they do not hold permanently like I want.?
BEST ANSWER: Hide glue is make from animal bone and used in musical instrument making because it dries hard and it can be melted with water easier than modern glues. The modern titebond glue for wood is a stronger more permanent glue.
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- BillD on Apr 10, 2015
Can this glue be used on guitar bridge repair
can this glue be used on guitar bridges ?
can this glue be used on guitar bridges ?
BEST ANSWER: Joseph E is correct. This is a liquid hide glue. Hide glue normally requires heat to allow it to flow and be applied. Hide glue is what was used when they started making violins, guitars, & furniture. It had the advantage that if something was mis-positioned or just got loose the joint could be taken apart and glued. That is one of the big reasons antique furniture and instruments are still around. The glue joints can be repaired. If a repair is need the joint can be opened up using heat or small amount of warm water. Water must be used very sparingly and a pretest must be done to ensure other parts will not be damaged by the water.
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- John S on Oct 5, 2016
- Purchased on May 29, 2015
shelf life?
BEST ANSWER: Peter - I can't give you a definitive shelf life, but I've had a bottle of it for a couple of years and it still seems to work just fine.I do store it in my house rather than my garage shop, and I'm sure that contributes to its longevity - John B.
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- John B on Jul 7, 2017
- Purchased on Jul 7, 2015
What is open time re; liquid hide glue?
BEST ANSWER: Titebond liquid hide glue is about 10 minutes. You may be able to stretch that depending on the temp & humidity.
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- John M on May 22, 2017
- Purchased on Jun 18, 2015
Liquid Hide glue and veneer with hot hide glue I have been told to coat both sides of the veneer to prevent curling should I do the same with liquid hide glue?
BEST ANSWER: Any water based product (including this) will curl veneer (or warp thin wood in general). Coating both sides with PVA (wood glue) will ruin the finish. Neither hot nor liquid hide glue have that problem, so gluing both faces works well if it doesn't adhere to your clamping setup, but since hide glued are (now) niche, low volume products, they are rather expensive. Alternatively you can mist the nonglued side (as you would for PVA), but you should check it occasionally since this will dry faster than the glue and then cup (if the backing isn't firmly and uniformly holding the veneer). Thin, especially solid, wood should be veneered on both sides or it.will warp (also for PVA-- water does this). Plywood is more stable.
Liquid hide glue is chemically just hide glue + an additive (like urea, though Titebond uses a more toxic amine to give the product shelf life since microbes will happily consume protein glue and urea is to them just a nitrogen fertilizer) that lowers the gel ("freezing") point, in the same way that salt melts ice.
Liquid hide glue is chemically just hide glue + an additive (like urea, though Titebond uses a more toxic amine to give the product shelf life since microbes will happily consume protein glue and urea is to them just a nitrogen fertilizer) that lowers the gel ("freezing") point, in the same way that salt melts ice.
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- Erik J on Aug 6, 2017
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4.8 / 5.0
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Strong yet reversable
I find it a good enough substitute for the old fashioned hide glue. You have to use it a little differently (clamping a must) , but it gives more assembly time. Just remember to keep the clamps on at least 24 hours, or longer if the glue joint is deep.
I often heat it up in my old hide glue cooker to make it thinner when I want it to sneak into a crack.
I often heat it up in my old hide glue cooker to make it thinner when I want it to sneak into a crack.
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have used it for years, good working time and holds very well
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I bought this to repair a...
I bought this to repair a 100+ year--old rocker. It was originally hide-glued; yellow glue won't stick to it. But the liquid hide glue bonded perfectly to the old glue, saving a ton of sanding/refitting the spindles. Perfect product for the job; plus, it's reversible, should I ever need to disassemble the chair. All you need to do is soak the joint with hot water, and it'll soften up. I've never used liquid hide glue before, but now it'll always be in my shop!
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June 26, 2009
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I buy a lot of fix up and repair type of chairs. You know, the ones someone else tries to repair and fails. This happened to be a cane back and cane seat sewing rocker. The ones you have to cane with individual strands of caning material woven in holes around the perimeter of the back and seat. On the seat of the chair a piece of plywood was tacked over the existing caning holes. Then a piece of foam was covered in upholstery material and tacked to the seat. Then a strip of decorative material was tacked around the seat cushion. This was all removed from the wooden seat to expose the original holes that had been caned at one time, but this left a seat frame with hundreds of tack holes. I hade some walnut veneer that I used to cover the entire seat frame by using Titebond Hide Glue and then clamping this until it was dry. I then sanded the veneer to conform to the seat contour. I then drilled out the holes to match the original holes and then re- caned the seat to the original specifications. It turned out pretty good if I say so myself . The Titebond Wood glue did the trick!
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Worked great
Titebond worked great The first time I used it too sparingly but I reglued the bridge on a acoustic guitar and it held perfectly. I am very pleased with your product and I have another bridge repair to do and will use Titebond with great confidance
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temperature sensitive but I liked it
keep the glue warm and it will work well
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A great addition to my shop
Very carefully cleaning up and maintaining some old family heirlooms, I have thoroughly enjoyed witnessing the (both extremely precise and crude) hand-work inside the carcass of one of my grandparent's chest of-drawers. While the hand-laid-out and cut dovetails fit absolute precise, no effort whatsoever was wasted on any rough-cut insides that didn't show, or require finishing. In the process I discovered the modern form of Hide Glue -- opening a whole 'nother product on my shelf, in my "tool-kit." It has great properties -- where appropriate; and I'm interested in now trying the original heat-liquified granular form. We have some excellent modern adhesives; but Hide Glue deserves it's essential place on the shelf. Try it, learn it and you'll like it's own special properties.
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February 16, 2014
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PERFECT GLUE
Used Titebond liquid hide wood glue to repair a Japanese biwa (lute like instrument).Perfect!
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Great alternative to PVA glue
Longer open time, reversible, and dries hard so you don't get creep at the joint after a few years.
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Great bonding strength; easily adjustable if necessary
For years I had used carpenter's glue but was not totally satisfied with the end result. On my latest project I tried the Titebond Liquid Hide Wood Glue and was not disappointed. This is the glue I'm using from now on.
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