cold hide glue shelf life

[Avery Todd]

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Terry,

Just curious. Are you talking about the hide glue in the bottle or the
hide glue in a glue pot? The former I'd never use. The other I use
all the time! :-)

Avery

>So from this one experience I observed that old hide glue that is clear=20
>may still be good, while cloudy hide glue may not yield a good bond. I=20
>don't know if that is a definitive relationship, but I do know that if I=20
>ever see cloudy hide glue, I won't use it.
>
> From the TiteBond web site for cold hide glue: Storage life
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>12 months in tightly closed containers at 75=B0F.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Nereson" <<mailto:davner@kaosol.net>davner@kaosol.net>
>To: <<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 8:15 AM
>Subject: cold hide glue shelf life
>
> >     Tried to glue hammer shanks with cold hide glue (Franklin) last=
 night
> > and the stuff just would not set up.  Three hours later and I could=
 still
> > pull the shank out of the butt as tho' it had no glue at all!  It's a=20
> bottle
> > I've had for a while, but probably not more than a year or so.  Worked=
 fine
> > a couple weeks ago.  It gets warm and cool in the shop, but not really=
 hot
> > or cold.  Does the stuff have a short shelf life?  The cap's been on the
> > whole time.  Other bottles I've had never did this.  -- David Nereson,=
 RPT
> >
> >
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