Which Primitive Glue Is Best? #1: Caveman Glue #shorts #diy #history

Glue is incredibly useful for a lot of different projects, but what did they use back before modern glue? In this series, I explain how adhesives were made in ancient times and find out which one works best.

In the first episode of this series, I make caveman glue. How well does it work? Which one is best? Find out in video five of this #howtomakeeverything #shorts series!

[oddstr]

Great info, but could we get it in the normal youtube video format rather than shorts?

[keithyinger]

Hopefully this was a teaser for the full-length video coming soon where we get to see the other glues and the results.

[mrgolftennisviolin]

Ancient glues can be incredibly strong, provided the joint is prepared well. I use hot hide glue for everything in the violin making and restoration industry. So much better than synthetic, because it’s so easily reversible.

[tom_something]

The art form known as collage (made by gluing or otherwise fastening various items to a medium) has a shared root with the word "collagen", the animal protein from which many glues are derived.

[wagnertal]

Fun fact: melted and reduced pine sap is used as rosin for string instruments

[rlamacraft]

I'm not really a fan of shorts, but I do think you do them best. Simple things that wouldn't warrant whole videos but are necessary technologies to "unlock".

[wolfrichardson]

Once on a canoeing expedition (like a backpacking survival scenario, but in a canoe) I had to patch a small leak in the bottom of my fiberglass canoe. While not having provisions for this, I had to come up with a solution from what I could find around me... My first thought was pine sap. So I searched for and found a large pine with an old would in it and gathered as much dried sap as i could/thought I might need. I still had two problems though; I quickly realized that the heated sap alone would just stay too gummy and not harden like I wanted, and I still needed some sort of fiber for the patch. For the fiber I collected some dead and dry pine straw as well as some dead and dry vine the latter of which I pulverized into smaller stringy strands. For the hardening problem I boiled the sap (vs. simply heating it into a paste) and decided to mix in some ash and pulverized charcoal then added a bit of rubbing alcohol from my first aid kit once I took it off the heat. I let it cure for a little less than twenty hours, it was still just a little gummy but seemed water resistant but for precaution I decided to melt and spread just a little animal lard over the patch on the bottom side. By the time that dried a bit it was time to set out.. The pine patch as I called it did eventually fully cure and harden pretty nicely with becoming brittle.
That was over six or seven years ago and it is still water tight to this day.

[cassicatastrophe]

I really liked the information. I think either shorts or full video work for this... but the shorts do make it harder to find the video(s) you want after uploading a lot. Cool info! Thanks! Idk if I'll ever utilize this but it was neat!

[TCC]

the lack of resolution to the original question is driving me insane... I don't blame you guys of course, gotta do what works with the algorithm and all that.

[davidvodka]

Link to the rest of the video? Love how you're doing primitive stuff! Need more of these videos 😁👍👌

[AngelicHuntress]

The church in our town was made of coral stones and egg whites. It's now more than 400 years old. Still standing strong, even when we got hit by a very strong earthquake back on 2013-2014.

[jonored]

This is also called cutler's resin; still one of the options that sees use for knives. Being reworkable with relatively gentle heat is one of the advantages relative to epoxy.

[ronthornton]

You got A LOT of dead bees in that hive, bud

[volk]

I would suggest you use Birch tar that's the best glue you can make and it's reusable

[ariesleo]

Now they need to make caveman glue sticks

[chadklaren]

I make "caveman" glue but I add some cattail fluff to it makes it stronger.

[theJellyjoker]

As a crafter I can appreciate a good hot glue.

[rubee]

Those bees must be sleeping, they can't all be dead

[elusive]

If being brittle is your issue.. try not letting the sap get too hot ...if you can just heat to the point of melting your glue will be a lot more tacky and not brittle

[capitalismists]

Normalize putting the full video in the description