Natural Glue

[*Big Beast*]

Now this might seem like a silly question, yes some will laugh but i am being serious.
On an extended camp, long term expedition what would be the ideal natural glue to use as a substitute for denture fix, assuming that full top and bottom dentures are warn.?
I`ve often wondered how them old trappers managed.

 

[poddle]

Badger Crap, taste's vile, but sticks like Sh*t to a blanket.

Leave to cure for one day in warm sunshine... should do the trick

That or look around for some pine trees, will taste better.

 

[maddave]

I assume you're thinking of something like "fixodent" or one of those kinda things...

Now I must say i've never tried this but how about boiling some pine resin, filtering it through some muslin to remove impurities and then before it sets smear the bit of your dentures that need fixing??

1. Pine resin is mildly antiseptic so shouldn't cause infection etc
2. The resin dries brittle... dunno if the fixodent stuff remains pliable as I don't wear dentures
3. I have no idea how pine resin tastes
4. I have no idea how easy it would be to remove if found unsuitable...

Good luck in your quest

 

[poddle]

Now this might seem like a silly question, yes some will laugh but i am being serious.
On an extended camp, long term expedition what would be the ideal natural glue to use as a substitute for denture fix, assuming that full top and bottom dentures are warn.?
I`ve often wondered how them old trappers managed.

They probably adjusted they way they cooked food, or made sure that tough food was cut into small pieces.

Most never had dentures, let alone glue to fix them to their gums.
Enzymes in the saliva would have helped to break down some of the food. They were rough old bleeders, full of gums and snot. I doubt if they bothered with such gaieties, and just got on with it.

 

[gregorach]

I assume you're thinking of something like "fixodent" or one of those kinda things...

Now I must say i've never tried this but how about boiling some pine resin, filtering it through some muslin to remove impurities and then before it sets smear the bit of your dentures that need fixing??

1. Pine resin is mildly antiseptic so shouldn't cause infection etc
2. The resin dries brittle... dunno if the fixodent stuff remains pliable as I don't wear dentures
3. I have no idea how pine resin tastes
4. I have no idea how easy it would be to remove if found unsuitable...

Good luck in your quest

Pine resin is a right bugger to get off your fingers, and there's no way I'd want it anywhere near my mouth.

 

[Dave Budd]

I doubt any would bother to wear false teeth whilst eating due to the PITA factor of cleaning and keeping them in! Mind you I don't know how many would have bothered wearing them at all

also, before the 20thC as far as I know glue wasn't used to hold dentures in (certainly not full plates). Hooks into the gums and strong springs had been used for a very long time pre-glue

 

[jdlenton]

Most never had dentures, let alone glue to fix them to their gums.

I agree completly perhaps if they did have a set they wouldn't use them on a daily basis perhaps only for social gatherings, public occasions going into town etc. even at a strech where there wore women!

 

[poddle]

It wasn't that long ago that Barbers took out teeth.


There were dentures around back then but would have been very expensive and probably well out of an old trappers means

 

[Outdoor_Guy]

Another thumbs up for Badger Crap...! ha ha... I agree there are some things I could think of but not many I would want to put in my mouth!

 

[Bushwhacker]

Get a friend to chew the food for you.