Well it was my anniversary this past week and of course like all good husbands, I got my wife a dozen roses.
We we got home and were putting the roses in a vase, I was looking at those little tubes that they put the stems in so they stay hydrated.
Well, I was looking at them, thinking, "those might be good for freezing hide glue" They come with the little cap and I thought, you could just put 4 layers of plastic over the top and it would seal good.
The other nice thing is that for us hobby builders who don't use much of the stuff, this allows you to make up a fair amount but just use a small amount at a time.
So that's what I did.
here are some pics of the process.
First I cleaned out the tube. Than I made a board to hold the tubes while filling and letting the glue gel.
While I was doing this, the glue was soaking up the water and getting ready to cook.
Once the glue was all dissolved and cooked, I poured it into the tubes and let it sit to gel.
That was in the afternoon, so this evening when the glue had gelled, I cut up some pieces of plastic (4 total as the covering) and placed the little cap over top.
Next into the freezer they go till I need some more glue. If I need a little, I'll take one tube and it will give me about 3/4 oz of glue. I can pop them out of the tube and put them in my little 3 oz bottle, or just heat up the tube and pour it into the little bottle.
So go on out and get that special someone some roses (Hesh, pick up a nice ring too
), It'll give you some needed WAS points and some freezer tubes for the hide glue.
