Glue of Choice for Ply Repairs

[reedo35]

Originally Posted by Jim Calhoun

However, I'm still wondering if hide glue would be the best choice for repairing ply delaminations. In this case, it seems that you would want the repair to be as strong as possible. You certainly wouldn't want to reverse it! Are there other reasons why you wouldn't use something else? Tonal considerations? Ease of use?

I hope someone can enlighten me .......

Thanks
Jim C

For a ply lamination, yes, you would want it to stay where it's at. One of the major problems that I have seen with carpenter glue, or other similar types, is that they expand slightly when they harden, and if it is not spread evenly, you have a nice bumpy surface to deal with.

[Jim Calhoun]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the reply. I guess one of the other advantages of hide glue is that you can control the consistancy of the glue to taylor it to whatever type of repair you're doing.

[reedo35]

Yup.