Morgan Arnold on Nostr: probably the most niche question i've ever asked on fedi, but i wonder if there are ...

probably the most niche question i've ever asked on fedi, but i wonder if there are any good vegan alternatives to hide glue. i find the advantages of hide glue really compelling, in particular how its reversibility with heat and moisture make it much more possible to create repairable furniture. unfortunately, as the name suggests, hide glue is made from animal hides and bones and the like, which i would consider to be incompatible with my vegetarianism

unfortunately i don't know enough about glue production to know if this is even a sensible question. i know that the gelatin obtained by boiling collagen is one component of hide glue, and there are reasonable vegan alternatives to gelatin, but i assume that there must be more components involved in the functioning of hide glue than just pure gelatin, since i can't imagine that gelatin on its own could function as an adhesive