Undoing hide glue

May 26, 2004 1 Replies

I want to unglue an old chair, which is partly loose, so I can glue it up again properly. I presume it's held together with hide glue and that I need to steam it apart. Is the best way to do this to use a jet of steam from, for example, a wallpaper stripper or is it better to use hot wet cloths wrapped around the joints. or is there another way?



I have a hide glue pot for putting it back together with.



thanks



Robert


A steam iron through a wet towel should do the trick.

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