PVC gluye

[weelis]

Is there an yway to make the pvc glue last longer before it gums up to the point that it is not usable? Thnx.

 

[ehpoole]

If you can seal the lid tightly then the glue can last years in storage, I probably buy a can about every 10 years unless I'm tackling a job that warrants enough glue to buy a new can earlier. I tighten the lid as much as I possibly can by hand, later on when it comes time to open it I will usually need my pliers to get it back off since the glue around the rim (from daubing off the excess glue) dries and seals things very tightly.

 

[Jeff]

Is this the same type of PVC glue used by plumbers on PVC pipe? So it's not a woodworking type glue?

http://www.plumbing-geek.com/solvent-cement.html

 

[DWSmith]

Probably means PVA like TiteBond. One year shelf life, unopened or opened. Anything more than a year and it loses its holding strength. Also, if you let it freeze that will weaken its bond as well.

 

[Mike Davis]

So, that 5 year old gallon of TB III I've been using to refill my glue bottle is probably past its due date?

 

[DWSmith]

So, that 5 year old gallon of TB III I've been using to refill my glue bottle is probably past its due date?

Way past prime! According to Franklins that is.

 

[Touchwood]

FYI....Franklin changed the date code system a few years ago. See their comments about shelf life at the bottom

http://www.worldofwoodforum.com/vb/showthread.php?5314-Titebond-Date-Code&p=49930

 

[DWSmith]

That is the same exact date code information I have posted at least twice here on NCWW. As for the shelf life, I was speaking with a Franklins rep who gave me the one year shelf life figure. I also has an occasion to speak with one of their technical people and he gave me the same one year spiel as well. I would believe the rep and tech person.

 

[Hmerkle]

Probably means PVA like TiteBond. One year shelf life, unopened or opened. Anything more than a year and it loses its holding strength. Also, if you let it freeze that will weaken its bond as well.

and if you save it for more than a year AND let it freeze twice - its more like a booger than glue - at least that's what I heard! :embaresse

 

[CrealBilly]

and if you save it for more than a year AND let it freeze twice - its more like a booger than glue - at least that's what I heard! :embaresse

No your right its like snotty boogers.

Maybe the Fountain of Youth isn't a fountain at all. Maybe it's a way of looking at things. A way of thinking.

 

[Hmerkle]

No your right its like snotty boogers.

Maybe the Fountain of Youth isn't a fountain at all. Maybe it's a way of looking at things. A way of thinking.

AH HA!
That's where I "heard" it - Jeff told me!!!

 

[CrealBilly]

AH HA!
That's where I "heard" it - Jeff told me!!!

Yarr ye did hear it from me - ye land lover

Maybe the Fountain of Youth isn't a fountain at all. Maybe it's a way of looking at things. A way of thinking.