Gluing a split

[bermudahwin]

7 minutes ago, Constabulary said:

This is most likely not a qualified answer - but - has someone ever tried Transglutaminase (so called "meat glue") for gluing leather?  Wild idea I know... Just wondering... 

That's intruiging, if you look at the way chefs use it for binding proteins, it should work, if there are residual proteins after tanning.

If it has enough shear strength, even if the bonding worked, would be another factor.

H

[CutThumb]

Also, on a scale of things I’m likely to have in my tool cupboard, wood glue is winning... Sounds intriguing though.

[Northmount]

17 minutes ago, CutThumb said:

Also, on a scale of things I’m likely to have in my tool cupboard, wood glue is winning... Sounds intriguing though.

Make sure it is white glue, not yellow.  White stays flexible.  Yellow doesn't so cracks some each time it is bent.

Tom

[battlemunky]

mmmmm, meat glue.

Meat glue, it's what's for dinner.

How have I never heard of meat glue? Off to the googles!

[Constabulary]

Have seen this several times on German TV. Meat industry is making larger meat pieces from smaller (scrap) pieces for increasing their profit. Thats nothing new and not too unusual but they don´t make this public of course. I think it´s forbidden on my side of the pond but you never know - meat industry can be "filthy". Few years ago they found horse meat in Bolognese sauce.

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=7JHYW-7mPO6grgTH2Ipg&q=meat+glue&oq=meat+glue&gs_l=psy-ab.12..0j0i22i30k1l9.3362.5629.0.14376.9.9.0.0.0.0.163.1316.0j9.9.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.9.1305...0i131k1j0i10k1.0.ycemmyZFKSM

Was just an idea in terms of leather

Edited October 30, 2018 by Constabulary

[Matt S]

55 minutes ago, hwinbermuda said:

That's intruiging, if you look at the way chefs use it for binding proteins, it should work, if there are residual proteins after tanning.

If it has enough shear strength, even if the bonding worked, would be another factor.

There's a few papers that address using the stuff in the tanning process but nothing readily available about its use in leathercrafting. Cheapest I've found is £9 for 100g on Amazon. I might be tempted to experiment.

[bermudahwin]

It would be good to see the results

Harry

[billybopp]

I've never used meat glue, and had never seen or heard of it until recently in this video:

 

[Constabulary]

and thats just one sample - I´m pretty sure we eat a lot of stuff we better don´t know of or the food industry / lobbyists makes us belief its "safe" to eat w/o knowing long term issues / side effects.

But that`s all off topic

[CutThumb]

9 hours ago, Constabulary said:

and thats just one sample - I´m pretty sure we eat a lot of stuff we better don´t know of or the food industry / lobbyists makes us belief its "safe" to eat w/o knowing long term issues / side effects.

But that`s all off topic

Equally off-topic, I see you work with military canvas.... do you know if it’s possible to dye a haversack? The old type, I think it’s canvas webbing, but I don’t know the lingo.