A simple recipe for homemade waterproof glass glue. The glue is very effective for gluing glass to glass, metal to metal, wood, porcelain and labels to glass containers.

 

Ingredients:

 

approx. 60g unflavoured gelatine

2 tablespoons of cold water

3 tablespoons skimmed milk

A few drops of wintergreen oil, also Methyl salicylate or methyl salicylate available in pharmacies.

 

Preparation

 

Pour the water into a small bowl.

Sprinkle in the gelatine.

Leave to soak.

Bring the milk to the boil briefly and pour over the soaked gelatine.

Stir until smooth.

Add wintergreen oil as a preservative.

 

The adhesive should be used warm, spread with a brush on the surfaces to be glued. Pour into a screw-top jar for storage. The adhesive gels when it cools, so heat briefly in a bain-marie before the next application.