I heard in class last week that its shelf life could be less than a year. There may be a date on the bottle... --Cy Shuster-- Bluefield, WV ----- Original Message ----- 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
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