Fish Glue

Fish glue is a natural product which is obtained by cooking fish skin, followed by evaporation. Fish glue is a highly viscous liquid at room temperature. If further thickens when cooled down, by minus degrees it reaches a rubber-like consistency. Fish glue can be made liquid again by heating without any loss of quality.

Application Methods

Surface may be coated by roller coat, knife coat or brush coat.

Applications

•  As an additive to adhesive formulations in the manufacture of remoistenable gummed paper packaging tapes.
• Wood gluing when long open times are needed for assembly operations.
• Paper bonding of heavy grade box board in packaging.
• Bonding of manila paper for identification tag manufacturing.
• As a water based leather finish.
• Any application where it is desirable to supply an adhesive coated surface which is to be re-activated much later by simple water remoistening.

Advantages

• High initial tack when first coated or when remoistening the dry adhesive film.
• Slow setting for wood bonding applications when open times are desirable.
• Good solvent resistance.
• Excellent heat resistance.
• Easily thinned and cleaned up with water.