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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DuBois on January 29, 2018, 08:37:50 pm

Title: Easier Knox mixing
Post by: DuBois on January 29, 2018, 08:37:50 pm

You may have known this a long time but to me it was new.

I've been mixing knox gelatin into hot water and then stirring until dissolved, which is a pain to get all the little clumps smashed and down to liquid.
My daughter wanted to make jello cups to drink from and the youtube video had them mix jello into cold water first and then stir in hot.
I did this with knox and it is so much better this way. Just stir in cold water for half the total water you want and it will be a paste in no time, then the other half boiling hot and it is mixed in about 30 seconds.

Title: Re: Easier Knox mixing
Post by: PatM on January 29, 2018, 08:40:03 pm

Yeah, that's standard procedure with collagen glues.

Title: Re: Easier Knox mixing
Post by: gfugal on January 29, 2018, 09:35:45 pm

So would this apply to all hide glues then, not just knox? It would make sense cause they are technically the same thing and gelatin too, except usually they aren't pebbled or powdered but dried in blocks.

Title: Re: Easier Knox mixing
Post by: loefflerchuck on January 29, 2018, 11:26:48 pm

Yes. Use cold water till the glue plumps then add it to the pot

Title: Re: Easier Knox mixing
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 30, 2018, 05:13:51 pm

Yeah.  Says the same thing on the package.

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