Inexpensive small electric glue pot

[Tisorp]

I had the need recently, and for the first time, to use Hide Glue.
Having read on these excellent forums of the possibility of baby bottle warmers or wax pots to heat the stuff I did the appropriate Google searches and found that most of the wax pots were far too big for my purposes and I could not find any appropriate bottle warmers.
And then I discovered the "La Petite Wax and Sugar Warmer" Attachment 124727which is available from a few internet sites and probably many beauty shops although I couldnt´t find it in Adelaide despite visiting many of the city stores and discussing the application of wax and other warm liquids (not including glue) with a number of attractive and helpful young ladies.

Some observations on the "La Petite" relevant to heating glue:
1. The non stick pot capacity is 115ml and cooled, but stil pliable, glue can easily be peeled out as a cast of the pot leaving the pot quite clean.Attachment 124728
2. The pot is not separable from the heater.
3, Max achieved temp. (measured by me with a food thermometer) is 73°C
4. Temperature is maintained within a two degree range.
5. The heater stands on three small rubber feet but as the diameter of the pot is only 90mm this makes the pot slightly unstable.
6. The internet price varies from $35 to $50. la Petite Wax Warmer 100g - Beauty & Nails was the cheapest I could find.

I knocked up a crude base to increase stability and incorporated a small stand upon which to hang a brush.Attachment 124726
Although my experience with hide glue is limited I feel this little heater performs most adequately the task for which it was not designed and can imagine it being of use to all those who need less than 100ml of hot glue at any one time.

Cheers
Jeff

[Mr Brush]

Good find - I'm just at the point where I need something like this too

[jmk89]

I agree. That is a good find.

[The Bleeder]

I couldnt´t find it in Adelaide despite visiting many of the city stores and discussing the application of wax and other warm liquids (not including glue) with a number of attractive and helpful young ladies.

Where are the photos

BTW nice find.

[munruben]

Well done, good idea.Will have to make a note of that.

[orraloon]

I have had a few projects where hide glue would have been the best option bit have made do with other glue due to not having a glue pot. That looks ideal.
Regards
John

[acmegridley]

Doesn't Birko make a baby's bottle warmer?

[allisa]

Its a good find, I need something like this. I wanna to see photos and some more detail.

[Woodwould]

I don't comprehend the brush hanger. If you keep the brush out of the glue, it will set hard and then what do you use to apply the glue?

[artme]

Thanx!! Good find!!

[Tisorp]

Quote Woodwould: "I don't comprehend the brush hanger. If you keep the brush out of the glue, it will set hard and then what do you use to apply the glue?"

When in use the brush hangs in the hot glue with the tips of the bristles just touching the bottom of the pot. The principal advantage is that the base of the brush (above the bristles) does not become covered in glue which can then drip inconveniently.
At the conclusion of a glueing session, while the glue is slowly solidifying in the pot, it has been my practice to rinse the brush in warm water and hang it to dry somewhere where I will be able to find it next time (ie next to the pot.)

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Cheers

[Woodwould]

When in use the brush hangs in the hot glue with the tips of the bristles just touching the bottom of the pot.

Ah, the pot must be shallower than it looks. Might I humbly suggest that if your glue drips inconveniently off the brush, that the glue is too thin.

[Tisorp]

Ah, the pot must be shallower than it looks. Might I humbly suggest that if your glue drips inconveniently off the brush, that the glue is too thin.

Thank you for this piece of useful advice. It was more a theoretical precaution than one born of necessity but I now have a practical guide to the appropriate consistency of the heated glue. The pot is about 48 mm deep.
Cheers Tisorp

[Woodwould]

Tisorp, you're welcome. You can read a bit more about animal glue here.

[jimbur]

I'm afraid eight year olds have priced themeselves out of the market
Merry Christmas every one