<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FWIW:  Not that I advocate storing = epoxy for an excessive length of time, but a couple years ago I found some West = System resin and hardener in my garage that I know I brought down to = Florida when I moved from Michigan - it had to be more than 10 years old and had = been stored in my HOT Florida garage all that time. The resin looked OK, but = the hardener had turned a red color. I called West System and they said that = they said that yes, epoxy has a shelf life, but it is long and the epoxy was = probably OK. I used the epoxy for some non-critical applications and it seemed to = work just fine - got hard as a rock and all seemed normal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianorye@yahoo.com href="mailto:pianorye@yahoo.com">Ryan = Sowers</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 17, = 2004 7:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Epoxy glue in = Europe ?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>For sure not all epoxy is equal! I have used the syrenge type = epoxies that they sell in hardware stores and find that it does NOT cure as = hard as WestSystem. The WestSystem product cures REALLY hard/ridged. Some = other kinds are more flexible. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also epoxy has a shelf life: Don't take chances with old stuff. = If its more than a year old toss it! I also try to replace my cyanoacrylate = glue every 6 months. <BR><BR><B><I>Stéphane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid"><BR><BR>The Araldite I used was in the form of two syringues coupled with one common<BR>push button. Even without intelligence, that would have = produced the right<BR>mix, or do I miss something (again) ? And they claimed = for optimal adhesion<BR>after 12 hours, foreseen ambiant temperature was = above 0°C, which was about<BR>half the time I waited and 20° below = actual temperature in the place where<BR>it happened.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter<BR>Pianova Piano Service<BR>Olympia, WA <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection = around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>