I used to keep my glues (and other liquids) in a small ice chest, but the cold as well as the heat made them deteriorate too quickly. For a couple of years now I've been keeping them inside a "Humidistat" box (8x5x2), in my main case (which comes in every night). So in that box I carry 4 - Zap CAs, 1 oz. of Titebond, about 12 of those breath-drop bottles (they are small , leak-proof, and chemical resistant) with everything from accelerator to naphtha in them, plus Teflon powder, Brite Boy, other items, and there is still room for more. John Tonyan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:16 PM > Subject: keeping glue in your car > > > > Thanks for the suggestions about keeping a small ice box or cooler in the > > car to store glue. This will probably work fine if the temperature is no > > lower than 30. > > > > I once saw at the arboretum the way they kept blossoms from freezing. > They > > used a sprinkler to spray a fine mist on the blossoms as the temperature > > dropped below freezing. Something about the very act of ice making > created > > enough heat to protect them - even under all the ice that formed. Strange > > thing, this property of thermal dynamics. > > > > So I was wondering about anti-freeze. The same stuff in my car keeps the > > engine from overheating in the summer, and freezing up in the winter. If > I > > were to surround a container containing my glue in a container full of > > anti-freeze, would this prevent the glue from cooking in the summer and > > freezing in the winter? Would it help to pack the glue bottles in > > styromfoam inside this container? > > > > So just how stupid is this idea? > > > > Carol Beigel > > > >
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