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  1. 20th August 2009, 04:23 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    Animal glue can be made waterproof by the addition of a little aluminium sulphate, but then it's more difficult to reverse.
    I didn't know that. Quite interesting.
    but then again making it waterproof would render one of it's bigger selling points useless.

    horses for courses, I guess

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  3. 20th August 2009, 06:08 PM #32
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    The waterproof variety is still reversable with heat alone, but if the joinery is massive, then the heat may not penetrate sufficiently to release the glue. As you say, 'orses for courses.
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    Thanks for the info , all in all it looks as though it as some good qualities , will pursue this further ( information gathering ) I will then try it myself .

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    I've been thinking of using hide glue too, I don't like the idea of making something which can't ever be repaired.

    Here's a good thread from last year.
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    Nice one woodwould you picked a nice style ,and seems you enloy the challenge i wait to see the end result
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    Thanks richard checked out the thread from last year , its all there

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    It's been difficult the past few days, what, with dodging showers etc. Nonetheless, I managed to distress and colour the Mahogany today and brush a coat of shellac on to seal it.

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    Are you going to distress the upholstery too? (Tea stain? ) Or just leave that to mother nature.
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    Will be a good looking couch

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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    Are you going to distress the upholstery too? (Tea stain? ) Or just leave that to mother nature.
    The covers will be washable, so will fade slightly after repeated washes - which is a bonus!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lignum View Post
    Will be a good looking couch
    Well it would be if I cut one end off it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    Well it would be if I cut one end off it!
    Wouldn't that make it a chaise? Or are us modern people using English wrong again?
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    I was too hasty and you're quite correct. A chaise longue has a back and one end. A couch has one end and no back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    one end and no back.
    I thought that was a Banana Lounge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lignum View Post
    I thought that was a Banana Lounge
    I think you'll find that's the name of a bar in Kansas and Philidelphia.
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