Hi, Does anyone have the recipe for glue soup? How long does the process take?
Thanks, Kevin
Hi, Does anyone have the recipe for glue soup? How long does the process take?
Thanks, Kevin
Hello Kevin,
If you are talking about the glue mixture to soak cracked bowls in that Wally Dickerman came up with a few years ago, it is a mixture of
50 percent white glue and 50 percent water. The soak time should be at least 24 hours in my experience. The few times I've used it the process worked great. You do have to let it dry after soaking. The first time I used it was with a 14" salad bowl that I had rough turned and was drying to give to a friend for a house warming gift. I pulled it off the shelf and it had a big crack in it. I decided to use Wally's process. It took almost two gallons of white glue and I used a rock to hold the bowl under the solution. I took it out after 24 hours and the crack was still there. I said to myself, Wally it doesn't work. I threw the bowl out on the woodpile in the rain. A few days later, I picked it up and the crack was closed. Brought it in and let it dry off for a couple of weeks and final turned it. That was about five years ago and she is still using the bowl with no crack.Fred Holder
Best be a magnificent piece before I'd contemplate resoaking. Results aren't guaranteed beyond minor surface checks.
I'd be worried about trying to glue a crack with diluted glue and no clamping..
Maybe I'm paranoid, but I always clamp a cracked bowl..
mac
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You can't apply as much clamping pressure as the wood can. Remember how they split the granite out of the quarry with wooden wedges and water?
Not sure there's a whale of a lot of difference. PVA is the glue, regardless.
I guess.. I still don't think I'll be soaking any bowls, though..
mac
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