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Old 09-03-2005, 08:12 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by Brenda Ellis
Is rabbit skin glue truely made from rabbit skin or is this name a hold-over from olden days and now they use a synthetic?
Depends.

The best rsg comes from Europe--Portugal I think--and is almost odorless and a pale yellow-grey when mixed. It is indeed made from rabbit hides. Other (cheaper) glues that you may find are probably "hide glue" and are made from hooves, cartilage, skin, and scraps from the slaughter process. Those smell dreadful when mixed and are darker.

Neither is synthetic but the real rsg is the good stuff. Some substitue pva glue--that's a synthetic.
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