I used Old Brown Glue on the stool I am building from hickory that I posted about earlier.  I learned early, like on the first joint, that yes, you do have to warm it up.  Using in unwarmed, straight from the bottle in an air conditioned shop, the glue did not spread well.  It tended to roll up on itself and glob up.  Following that, I bought a hot plate and using a coffee can filled with water, I warmed it up to between 120 and 140 degrees like the label said, and it worked good. I stole my wife's meat thermometer to check the water temp.  I guess I owe her a new one.  Plus, that gave me a warm can of water to clean up squeeze out.  When the joint cured, all I needed to clean up any glue smudges I missed with the wet rag was my card scraper, but some of that could have been due to the hardness of the hickory.  I am in the last stages of finishing the stool and I will post some pics when I am done, but they will be under my earlier post "Lessons learned on hickory".  

2 hours ago, PostalTom said:

I used Old Brown Glue on the stool I am building from hickory that I posted about earlier.  I learned early, like on the first joint, that yes, you do have to warm it up.  Using in unwarmed, straight from the bottle in an air conditioned shop, the glue did not spread well.  It tended to roll up on itself and glob up.  Following that, I bought a hot plate and using a coffee can filled with water, I warmed it up to between 120 and 140 degrees like the label said, and it worked good. I stole my wife's meat thermometer to check the water temp.  I guess I owe her a new one.  Plus, that gave me a warm can of water to clean up squeeze out.  When the joint cured, all I needed to clean up any glue smudges I missed with the wet rag was my card scraper, but some of that could have been due to the hardness of the hickory.  I am in the last stages of finishing the stool and I will post some pics when I am done, but they will be under my earlier post "Lessons learned on hickory".  

This is great information Tom, thanks!

2 hours ago, PostalTom said:

I bought a hot plate and using a coffee can filled with water

"My Grandfather would use my Grandmothers electric iron as a warming pad for Formica glue.  

 

She finally caught him one day...….