Gross smelling glue on Chinese picture

Jana

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My boss and I almost hurled today from the disgusting smell of the glue on a Chinese moving/sound/and light waterfall picture that we took apart. I pity the people who have to work in the factories where these abominations are made.

This thing was purchased in NYC's Chinatown, improperly packed, and sent on an airplane. Of course the glass broke. The customer is a teenager.

The waterfall picture on acetate, or something, was adhered to the glass with the nastiest smelling glue. Can anyone hazard a guess as to what kind of glue it is?

It's clear and smells like it's derived from an animal. Rabbit skin?

The problem is that the smell is staying with me and I still feel like gagging.
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We're replacing the glass with plexi and hope that the picture sticks with static cling.

I never want to see one of these ever again, and that includes in Chinese restaurants.
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Hide glues will stick to glass, sometimes, too
strongly, pulling the surface of the glass apart.
A thin layer of such a glue could be clear, so
nothing that you observed would rule that out.
As to how to rid yourself of the smell.....?


Hugh
 
Thanks Hugh. So it probably was a hide glue. Ugh. I wasn't sure if such glues were clear and/or stuck to glass.

I'm glad the picture pulled off as easily as it did. It only tore in one corner. That section will be covered by the HUGE rabbet (maybe I should say "rabbit").

Oh no, what if we have to cook up a batch of hide glue to get this picture to stick again? Thought for the day: gelatin is clear and might stick to glass. Hmm... no, we won't try it!

I used my work gloves to haul the glass outside. Just think, the smell is probably still on the gloves.

Jerry, that's a great idea. I think I'll hang out at the neighboring coffee shop.
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I hadn't thought a lot about this topic until it suddenly hit me - hide glue! Yeah, it stinks to the high heavens. We use it all the time in caning. It is completely water soluble. Today's hide glue is actually synthetic hide glue made from fish oil and really stinks worse than natural hide glue.

If you can imagine that...

But I see that the question has already been deciphered.

Betty
 
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