Stronger than most modern adhesives, animal glues are used in traditional woodworking and painting technique. Soaked in water and then heated in a water bath, they are used warm, and gel when left to cool. In woodworking, their watersolubility makes them reversible, while their „open time” allows for repositioning. In painting technique, they are used both as a size for canvas and boards, and in tempera paints. Animal glues vary in strength. Always make the minimum strength required – as a guide, a set jelly should be somewhere between hard set and liquid.
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