Chris Ghent Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have... ...an Australian Blackwood block ... Les, nice stuff, reasonably easy to work, extremely stable, but don't breathe the dust and try to keep it off your skin. It is an Acacia, very toxic. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marien Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hide Glue VS PVA Can I also add that some varieties of PVA let out a vapour that stains Nickel silver yellow. The vapour is present for a long time after the glue has hardened, like months. I did a patch test on polished metal and some varieties were a problem and others were not. They have different names everywhere but for those in Australia the Selleys Craftglue is OK, Aquadhere is not OK Chris Does it have to be organic? In the long run it may detoriate, although we ourselves may be gone faster. When dried out, some glues will become pulverized when you beat it with a hammer, unlike PVA. For example, how about Tite bond? I can imagine that there are artificial glues that have better properties than the average PVA glue, with comparable drying properties as hide glue, chicken glue and gelatine pudding, and maybe it smells better when you dot have to (almost) cook it. Marien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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