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THE GLUE BOOK
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THE GLUE
BOOK
HOW TO SELECT
PREPARE AND
USE GLUE
A SHORT, PRACTICAL
DISCUSSION OF MATTERS
IMPORTANT TO EVERY
GLUE USER
J. A. TAGGART, TOLEDO, O.
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COPYRIGHT 1913, J. A. TAGGART
AUTHOR’S NOTE
The purpose of this manual is to provide a practical guide for glueusers, to help in eliminating waste and improving the quality of product.
That there is an enormous waste due to improper preparation and use of glue is well known to all who arein touch with the subject.
Some authorities estimate that 70% of the glue used in the United States is improperly handled. Theactual waste is said to be in excess of 25% of the amount of glue used; to say nothing of the loss due toimperfect condition of the completed work.
The writer knows from actual experience that many glue users are ignorant of the proper methods to beemployed; and that many others are careless, or indifferent.
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The handling of glue is a subject on which much new light has been shed in recent years. There is nolonger any reason why the glue user should not know the correct methods to follow.
This treatise is intended as a handbook for the glue user who is interested in increasing the efficiencyof his operations.
Technical expressions have been avoided, the whole matter being set forth as much as possible in theeveryday terms in familiar use in the glue-room.
So far as the author can learn, from an extended investigation, no book has been published on thissubject exactly answering the needs of the average glue user. Several excellent works are available whichwould be interesting to a man technically trained in the subject; but although they embody many helpfulsuggestions, they are not in such form[Pg 9] as to be of thegreatest value to the practical man. No pretense is made for the present manual of disclosing new facts; butrather of assembling in handy and easy reference form a summary of the best modern practice which the glueuser of today may rely upon as a safe and convenient guide.
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