We always joke in classes that the collective IQ drops by at least 30 points when anyone opens a bottle of glue. But now that we’ve switched to using Fish Stick Glue for most of our glue-ups, the stress level is greatly reduced – because this stuff has an open time of 90 or so minutes, there’s enough time to make mistakes and recover with grace. And glue-up success.
Made from the skins of cod, Fish Stick flows nicely at room temperature, and it cleans up easily with hot water, even after it has dried. And no, it doesn’t smell like fish.
Here’s a short video showing it in action:
Using fish glue should raise the collective IQ.
Relevant Three Stooges clip in below link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6oq7gOa8Yfg
Epoxy rules! 🙂
If you do river epoxy, fish glue us a must.
Edward Lear (1800s British poet and illustrator). I thought he might have done a fish picture like the one on your bottle, but I couldn’t find one close to your picture. A beautiful theory, destroyed by an ugly fact 🙂
I’ll have to include a bottle to try with my next LAP order.
I’m curious if you’d recommend this, or the Piggly Wiggly glue for a workbench. Or perhaps a combination of the two? (One for the top, and the other for the legs and stretchers maybe?)
I like the fish glue so far, especially not needing to heat it before using, as with liquid hide.
Great
Is it just me, or is that fish…. tumescent?
Even better for the pun-loving among us, it’s wearing a…
…wait for it…
…codpiece.
Been using this on glue-ups in my unheated New England basement…and it’s the glue I’ve been looking for for a long time. 10/10!
If I had this a couple years ago my chair would be at my dining table instead of waiting to go on to the burn pile. ☹️