This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_0059_01C4633B.B073B5D0 I don't have a definitive answer for you, but I do have an observation. Recently I was gluing a soundboard panel to a fake rim to make a belly = display. I used Franklin cold hide glue. Knowing that it was not going = to be part of a real piano, I chose to use a bottle of glue that I knew = had been sitting around longer than I was comfortable with (long ago I = chose not to use it on a real piano). While applying the glue to the = fake rim, the glue started out nice and transparent like hide glue = should be. The last bit though came out cloudy. When I clamped some of = the glue ran out from the joint and onto my work table. After cleaning = up the rim, I went to clean the table - the clear glue had dried and was = hard but the glue that came out cloudy was still sticky. So from this one experience I observed that old hide glue that is clear = may still be good, while cloudy hide glue may not yield a good bond. I = don't know if that is a definitive relationship, but I do know that if I = ever see cloudy hide glue, I won't use it. >From the TiteBond web site for cold hide glue: Storage life 12 months in = tightly closed containers at 75=B0F. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net> To: <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 = 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 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ------=_NextPart_001_0059_01C4633B.B073B5D0 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8c/22/b9/aa/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0059_01C4633B.B073B5D0-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 61 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a7/aa/ce/32/attachment.gif ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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