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Just wondering if anybody knows what kind of glue is best/strongest for building acoustics and if there is any available from any Canadian suppliers?? Thanks.
Hide glue is available from Lee Valley. The bonus to hide glue is that you if you need too it is fairly easy to remove a part if necessary by reheating the glue. I use it to set necks that way if there is a problem I can remove the neck if necessary.M_A_T_T said:Titebond Original, not II or III. The red label kind. Available from numerous places, Home Depot, Canadian Tire, probably Home Hardware, etc....
If you want to be traditional, hot hide glue made up from dried granuals is another alternative. Hot hide glue is actually quite easy to use once you get used to it, I have been using it to make violins.
Thanks Matt, he does build and apparently what 2 doesn't do as well is release with heat (takes a higher temperature) but according to him and another guy in the shop it also doesn't tend to "creep" out of a joint as the Original might. He said, everybody he knows will only build with #2 and it's all he''s ever used....... I'll check my date code now.There is something, I can't remember, that Titebond II does, or doesn't do compared to Titebond Original. Does this guy build guitars? Pretty much every guitar/instrument maker I have ever talked to recommends Titebond Original when comparing the other Titebonds, which to me says something. IMO I would swap it. Also, check the date code on this type of glue when buying it. I wouldn't use it after two years. The bottles have date codes, but I forget how to read them. I think the first two number are the important ones. Mine is 6B517H, I think the 6 means 2006 and the B corresponds to February, but I could be wrong.
Read this:Thanks Matt, he does build and apparently what 2 doesn't do as well is release with heat (takes a higher temperature) but according to him and another guy in the shop it also doesn't tend to "creep" out of a joint as the Original might. He said, everybody he knows will only build with #2 and it's all he''s ever used....... I'll check my date code now.![]()