<html> <body> 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 <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>So f= rom 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 <img src="cid:6.0.1.1.2.20040707225945.031ca6a0@mail.ev1.net.1" alt="1af= 0e5.gif">12 months in tightly closed containers at 75°F.   Terry Farrell   ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Nereson" <<a href="mailto:davner@kaosol.net">davner@kaosol.net</a>> To: <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: <a= href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org/m= ailman/listinfo/pianotech</a> > </blockquote></body> </html>