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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2014, 12:05:25 am »
No problem, glad I could help.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2014, 12:17:52 pm »
I use super glue.   :)  :o :o :o

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Knox is "super" from my little experience so far.
I have used TB3 for filling a couple gaps after the knox for the main job. Is this bad??

Offline Pat B

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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2014, 12:30:38 pm »
I've sealed a sinew backing with a thin coat of TBIII to help waterproof it.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2014, 12:32:21 pm »
I do that on all of them Pat.
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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2014, 01:28:50 pm »
I've played and experimented with both and HIDE GLUE wins hands down...so hide glue is BEST,and don't let anyone tell ya any different,and if they do just ignore em ;)  8)

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2014, 08:14:15 pm »
Both are messy, both take the same amount of time, both hold the sinew down if the bow back is properly degreased....but TB yields less performance.  It's kinda like saying, I wanna do just a good job, but I'd rather not do a great job, even though it is the same amount of work.   :o
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Tite-bond or Hide glue?
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2014, 09:01:48 pm »
Yeah, titebond ain't resilient like hideglue. (This is the conclusion I have come to anyway) Titebond stretches I guess, but it don't stretch back. Hide glue will snap back when stretched. This is what is seems like to me.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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