<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=975543412-20032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=975543412-20032007>    <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If you've had titebond for five years I'll suggest buying smaller bottles.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=975543412-20032007>    <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It might still stick two things together after extended time-freeze- thaw etc, but it can't be as effective.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=975543412-20032007>    <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I carry small amounts of everything in my stick it and slick it kit.(Term stolen from a now forgotten list contributor)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=975543412-20032007>    <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Was there a journal article some time ago on everything glue?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=975543412-20032007>    <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Tom Driscoll</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>daniel carlton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 19, 2007 3:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech mailing list<BR><B>Subject:</B> did i kill my glue?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>hi list</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>i still haven't picked up a cooler for storing adhesives. i pulled out my titebond today to glue in a new hammer shank; i've had it for probably five or six years now, and i am bad about leaving in my car.</DIV> <DIV>it looked like stomach acid that i puke up when i dry heave, only yellow. or maybe really hot melted butter. i wonder if it's still good.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>daniel </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>by the way, i don't usually dry heave that often.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>