Disgusting smell

[stillp]

Yes Dave, Seccotine was made from fish waste.
Pete

[Neil Merryweather]

Anyone remember Seccotine? - really fishy glue ( before the current PVA type )
Dave

Oh yes I remember using it with my grandmother

[Tim Marlow]

Hide glue (used In woodwork) is made similarly from animal waste…..not seen it for years though.

[Tim Marlow]

Blimey, you can still get seccotine……

https://www.cornelissen.com/roberson-gum-ammoniac-30-ml-14037.html

….and hide glue…

https://www.axminstertools.com/titebond-liquid-hide-glue-118ml-4floz-600224?utm_source=tag&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=%7BTAG.AID%7D&tagrid=%7BTAG.RID%7D&glCountry=GB&utm_campaign=shopforward&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy_CCv_qZ_QIVQuztCh1stgR3EAQYBiABEgI2hvD_BwE

[Dave Ward]

Wood Glue - I always associate with my maternal grandfather - he always had a pot of cascamite pearl glue on the go in his shed - he was an inveterate fettler - making item out of discarded junk - making a hand scythe out of a barrel hoop fascinated me......... They lived in a two up two down terraced house, with the WC in a block on the other side of the unmade road. One tap, no bathroom. The house belonged to his father, who gave it to him as a wedding present ( in 1919 ) - he died there in 1971, never having lived anywhere else ( apart from WWI Army service ). I think Bridlington, Morecambe & Scarborough were the furthest he went, after demobbing!
Dave

[Neil Merryweather]

When I first worked in the theatre in the early eighties they were still using animal glue or size to paint the scenery.
It was activated by heating on an electric ring and smelt bad enough ,but when it was burnt-OMG!

[Mickc1440]

I thought the ammonia content in that stuff attacked acrylic paint. Are you using it on them?

I've only had one minor problem with it on acrylic so far but that's probably more by luck than judgement

[stillp]

Animal glue is still used in antique restoration - it has the advantage that it can be removed or reactivated with heat, which is great for veneer repairs.
Pete