I'd expect that since hide glue softens with heat, it's not what you want holding your deck strips together when you're paddling on a hot day. The kayak's not likely to fall apart, but if it gets hot enough you'd probably get some shifting and then some stress marks in the glass at the seams. It's just a hypothesis, but I don't think I'd want to labor that long and hard to get the empirical evidence.

Ross

: Has anybody used hide glue? It's quite a bit more expensive from the looks of
: it, but may be more suitable for my work space which is a somewhat
: unheated barn. (we can get it up to about 40 or 45 degrees I think).
: Hide glue is primarily used for furniture, and dries clear from what I can
: tell. And is melted, but has a longer working time than the melted glue
: sticks. Titebond also makes a liquid version in which they add salt to
: keep it from becoming solid.

: Anybody have any insight on this?

: Thanks,
: Mark