What is "Crackling effect" of Titebond Liquid Hide Glue?

[ken masoumi]

I have heard a lot about hide glue and how to prepare /use but never experimented with it but now I see Titebond is selling the liquid version and want to know your opinion of it, also what crackling effect is TB talking about? is it the same effect as the distressed look?

. It requires no mixing, heating or stirring. Professional woodworkers use Titebond Liquid Hide for its long assembly time, exceptional strength and unique crackling effect on wood.
http://www.titebond.com/product.aspx?id=9e9995b4-08eb-4fc6-8254-c47daa20f8ed

[Rick Lizek]

Google crackle finish.

[Jeff Ramsey]

I use traditional hide glue; mixed with water, heated in a glue pot. The setup time is quick, but depending on the glue-up it's not always a problem. Cracking can be achieved by using hide glue under paint; like latex. The glue absorbs the water in the paint, and when that happens the glue expands and causes the paint to crack (aka crackle) because it's had its moisture wrung out. It's one technique for antiquing.

Titebond has more about this: http://www.titebond.com/news_article/11-11-16/The_Crackling_Process.aspx

[ken masoumi]

Thanks Jeff,I have done that crackling effect on picture frames before but I used a special crackling compound , didn't know you could do that with hide glue.
Rick, thanks,that was very helpful.

[Randy Red Bemont]

I've never "crackled" before but I always thought you did it with regular titebond II glue no?

Red

[Jim Mackell]

I use traditional hide glue; mixed with water, heated in a glue pot. The setup time is quick, but depending on the glue-up it's not always a problem. Cracking can be achieved by using hide glue under paint; like latex. The glue absorbs the water in the paint, and when that happens the glue expands and causes the paint to crack (aka crackle) because it's had its moisture wrung out. It's one technique for antiquing.

Titebond has more about this: http://www.titebond.com/news_article/11-11-16/The_Crackling_Process.aspx

The link isn't working for me. But one correction anyway, hide glue contracts as it dries. I've used it to make glue chipped glass for restoration projects. Spread thin layer on a glass panel, place in sun and the glue will pull off a microscopic top layer. Beautiful effect.

[Jeff Ramsey]

Titebond's site must be down. No titebond link works for me (now). If I can get the link to work I'll post the entire contents.

[ken masoumi]

I've never "crackled" before but I always thought you did it with regular titebond II glue no?

Red
I've seen a few youtube videos on crackling technique using regular wood glue ,it seems to work just as good as the actual "crackling liquid" that I'm familiar with.

[Dan Hintz]

Titebond's site must be down. No titebond link works for me (now). If I can get the link to work I'll post the entire contents.

Just look at Google's cached version of the page...

[David Ragan]

That effect has been used on plate glass to demonstrate the strong adhesion of hide glue-when it dries, and contracts, it can crackle the glass.

Read it; never seen it.