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At LD Davis, we pride ourselves on being an educational resource for our customers, our prospects and the community. Our blog is a helpful learning tool for those wanting to know more about glue best practices, news in the industry and simple answers to common glue questions. Hear it straight from the experts in every post. Subscribe to our blog updates.

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Animal Glue Troubleshooting

 Having trouble working with L.D. Davis protein adhesives? They're also known as animal glue, hide glue or protein glue. Here are some tips and tricks for troubleshooting.

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Product Spotlight: Hide Glue

L.D. Davis manufactures a wide variety of adhesive to fit your needs. We have so many different kinds of glue to offer we figured we'd use our blog as a space to put a focus on one kind of adhesive at a time. After all, our goal is to educate and inform our readers, not to overwhelm with a laundry list of our products. Today's post puts a product spotlight on hide glue.

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Water-Based Adhesives and Food Packaging

In the July/August 2011 issue of Folding Carton Industry magazine, an article regarding safety standards for food packaging caught my eye.

LD Davis sells three kinds of adhesives that are used in packaging. We manufacture liquid water-based adhesives, and hide glue (animal glue), and we distribute hot melt adhesives. 

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Holy Gelatin! (Get It?)

So...What is this Stuff?

Well, it's definitely not a fishing net, or a basketball net, and I'm pretty sure it's not a hair net. What you see in the above photo is pharmaceutical waste. L.D. Davis Industries recycles pharmaceutical waste gelatin to make our adhesive. Think of what's left over in a sheet of gelatin after your vitamin capsule has been manufactured. Capsules are made using hard gelatin filled with medicine, usually in small beads, and soft gelatin like a Vitamin E capsule.
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Dextrin Glue Galore!

Dextrin glue is liquid glue often used in the packaging industry. Think white glue in a bottle if you need a visual - although most dextrin glues are a translucent, amber color. 

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Glue News for the Rigid Box Industry

LD Davis has hide glue (animal glue) formulas to solve a problem that has recently plagued the rigid box industry.

We are not just an adhesive manufacturer, we provide adhesive solutions for any problem.

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Stuck Like Glue-L.D. Davis Industries, Inc.

L.D. Davis senior staff just returned home from a company planning meeting at our Monroe, NC facility, where we manufacture our glue and perfect our craft.  Telecommuting is such a large part of manufacturing and distribution companies these days, so it is refreshing to be able to spend some "face time" with the people who keep L.D. Davis glue sticky (cheesy, I know...couldn't resist!)

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