Natural Animal Glues

Made from cow bones.

Bone glue can be used for various materials such as paper, cardboard, wood, felt or fiber.
It is used for many different applications like bookbinding, gilding, rubber lining, coating or as finishing agent as well as for instrument making, restoration of picture frames or as adhesive for pigment preparations.

Made from rabbit hide, especially suitable for making gesso.

Due to changes in the manufacturing process this lot contains a small amount of white particles which enhance the glue's stability.

Fish Glue is suitable for all applications where high elasticity and very high strength must be combined.

One particular advantage is the strong adhesion to wood, ceramic and metal. This fish glue is a warm glue!

Fish glue is suitable for all applications where particularly high elasticity must go hand in hand with very high strength. A particular advantage is the great adhesion of fish glue to wood, ceramics and metal.

Fish glue can also be used in concentrated form on cold substrates. Our fish glue is cooked from unrotten fish remains, which is why the smell of fish glue is not unpleasant.

Sturgeons bladder glue, which has been used as a fastener and adhesive in Russia for many centuries, is made from the inner membrane of the air bladder of sturgeons.

The advantage of this glue over other animal glues is its higher adhesion and lower viscosity. The swim bladders come from sustainable and secured breeding.

The ready-to-use and storable glue sticks are handmade in the Color-Mill. No preservative is added. It can be crushed and dissolved in warm water as needed.

To suppress mold growth, 0,2% Biodocarb (#78744) can be added. The swim bladders come from sustainable and secured breeding.

from cow hides, 360 - 380 Bloom

This gelatin dissolves very easily and is therefore very suitable for high-quality sizing, priming, sizing paints and casting purposes.

Gelatine is a functional protein derived from animal raw materials (such as bones or skin)

Handling:
Leave the gelatine to soak in cold water for 1-2 hours and then heat in a bain-marie to max. 60°C.

In the following, we present our new gelatines and their different areas of application:
 

Gelatine Restoration 1 (#63038), > 250 g Bloom, 4,0 - 4,7 mPas
This gelatine is recommended for the restoration of photographs as well as for wood gluing. It is also suitable for distemper or chalk grounds. This gelatine can be mixed with Restoration 3 (#63040) to adjust the properties.

Gelatine Restoration 2 (#63039), > 280 g Bloom, 5,15 - 5,75 mPas
This gelatine is recommended for casting purposes or stucco marble. It is less colored and elastic than 1 and 3, but gels much faster. This type A gelatine should not be mixed with the other two types.

Gelatine Restoration 3 (#63040), 1,8 - 2,7 g Bloom, 4,0 - 4,7 mPas
This slightly yellowish gelatine is recommended as a low-viscosity glue for paper restoration. Gelatin Restoration 3 is less elastic and has lower adhesive strength than Restoration 1 and 2. It gels more slowly, but is thinner and therefore absorbs better into porous substrates or cracks. It can be mixed with Gelatine Restoration 1 (#63038) to adjust the properties for the specific application.

Gelatine Ballistic 1 (#63041), 250 - 290 g Bloom, 5,00 - 6,00 mPas
The very high level of transparency of this gelatine guarantees a maximum of clarity when shooting films in highspeed. Typically used for simulations where objects passing the block need to be recorded. The gelatine concentration and preparation procedure will depend on the tests to be performed. Typical concentrations used are 20 wt. % or 10 wt. % gelatine solutions.

Gelatine Ballistic 2 (#63042), 270 - 310 g Bloom, 4,80 - 5,80 mPas
The high gel strength and very bright color of this gelatine, is ideal for preparing large dummies used for special crash test models. The gelatine concentration and preparation procedure will depend on the tests to be performed. Typical concentrations used are 20 wt. % or 10 wt. % gelatine solutions.

Gelatine Ballistic 3 (#63043), 255 - 265 g Bloom, 3,40 - 4,60 mPas​
This gelatine is mostly used for simulations where objects remain in the block. The gelatine concentration and preparation procedure will depend on the tests to be performed. Typical concentrations used are 20 wt. % or 10 wt. % gelatine solutions.

A glue pot is a device to avoid warm glues from cooling off. A glue pot is a double-walled apparatus in which glue can be gently heated and the working temperature can be kept at a constant temperature. The water level in the exterior pot has to be filled up from time to time, and the temperature of the warm glue has to be controlled.

For each 100 g of glue about 100 g of water are added into the interior pot.