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Found out my grandpa's 1962 bookcase outlasted 3 of my builds, so I finally looked up why
I was cleaning out my parents' garage in Boise last month and found a bookcase my grandpa built in 1962 out of plain construction lumber and hide glue. It has been through 4 moves and a flooded basement and the joints are still tight. Meanwhile the pine shelf I built two years ago with wood glue and pocket screws is already wobbly. Turns out hide glue lets you take joints apart with heat and moisture, so repairs are easy, and it doesn't creep like PVA over decades. Anyone here actually using hide glue on furniture, or am I about to buy a glue pot for no good reason?
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miles79825d ago
Thought pocket screws and wood glue were the end all be all for years, then my neighbor showed me his grandpa's dresser with hide glue joints still going strong after 60 years. Made me rethink everything I knew about glue. The part that really got me was how you can just heat it up and fix a joint instead of fighting with it like PVA. I still use wood glue for quick stuff but I picked up a cheap pot and some granules last month and haven't looked back. It's slower and smells weird but the stuff flat out works.
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