I backed my latest project with sinew and Knox gelatin. The dry powder and cold water mix are odorless, but when warmed up it smelled bad. Not rotten cow bad; more like bottom of a stagnant puddle bad. Not something I'd want to eat.
I've read that hide glue contaminated with bacteria can smell unpleasant, so I bought a different kind, Medley Hills Farm unflavored gelatin off Amazon. Just mixed some up to glue on a tip overlay, and it has the same smell.
Does this mean anything? Is the glue still strong? Does all unflavored gelatin smell like this? (They wouldn't sell a lot of jello if it did) It quits smelling as soon as it drys out, so I can live with it if it still works.
