I ahve just started playing around with hide glue for veneering. THe question I have, if anyone can answer, I read Tage’s book and said to make it the consistency of honey. WHen I tried to apply it, it did not spread very well, and it seemed to dry very fast, I didn’t have enough time to put the veneer down, and it was like rubber already. So I had two thoughts, one is that maybe my glue pot is not getting hot enough, or I made it too thick?
THanks for any help
Chris
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Chris,
For veneering, I mix hide glue so it runs off the brush and just barely starts to break up into individual drops, which I think would be somewhat thinner than honey. It helps immensely to apply a size of thinned down hide glue to the substrate the day before you plan to do the actual veneering. This sizing helps by lessening the absorption of the glue used durning veneering, this allows for a thinner glue to be used, which in turn makes the hammering easier and less likely to damage fragile veneers.
Under most conditions, the glue will gel before you can get the veneer in place, so the veneer has to be warmed with an iron.
The following links have some information on hammer veneering.
http://americanfederalperiod.com/T%20desk%203.html
http://americanfederalperiod.com/Tea%201.html
Rob Millard
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