Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
tightbond
Jerry Roberts
about 5-6 months ago my tight bond solidified. I added a little water ,mixed just enough to squeeze out. Yesterday I went to get my bottle of tight bond from my cabinet. The bottle was a bright pink. I shook it up and it had the consistencyy of water. I put a stick in it and it was just like water. This is new to me. It sure must have went thru a chemical change. From now on Ill just get enough to last a few months. Has anyone else had this problem?
You did not specify what variety of Titebond
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
What Titebond essential to being able to answer the question.
Re: tightbond - Out of Date? *LINK*
Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio
Sounds like it was some old stuff. Just because it's in the store doesn't mean it's new stuff. Check the date code on the bottle before you buy.
Titebond Date coding
Storage Temperature
Steve Elliott
Back 5 or 6 months when the glue solidified, could the temperature have gone below freezing? That might be the original problem.
Re: tightbond - Out of Date?
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
Regular Titebond lasts for many years unless it gets frozen. The cross linking kinds eventually cross link in the bottle and set up, in a matter of months +/-.
freeze
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
Data supplied so far consistent with freezing which breaks the latex emulsion.
Re: freeze
Johanna Johanson
I obtained an old refrigerator that I use for storing finishes and glues. I drilled a hole through the side into the freezer compartment and another one through into the main compartment. Then I bought a couple of ceramic light bulb fixtures that have pull chains along with appropriate electrical wire and plugs and installed one in each part of the reefer. I have a little 7 watt bulb in the freezer compartment (glues are stored there) and a 40 watt bulb in the main compartment (finishes). I turn them on when it starts to get really cold at night.
This has worked beautifully for the past 10 years or so. You do have to check every couple of days to be sure a bulb has not burned out.
Re: tightbond - Out of Date?
John Jardin
Why take a chance?
Jim is right, check the dade before buying, but relatively speaking, the cost of glue in relation to all other factors is peanuts.
Buy smaller amounts and toss out if its even close to the expiration date.
Re: You did not specify what variety of Titebond
Jerry Roberts
Bill, its Tightbond 2 and I pulled the bottle out of the garbage can and I see no use by date
Re: You did not specify what variety of Titebond
Jerry Roberts
Freeze? Not here in Fla and not early this year anyhow. Kept in my garage also.Like I said I see no dates on it anywhere-
that explains it
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
It has polymerized. TBII has a short shelf life because of the incorporated cross linking chemistry. . It is better than TB regular for wet environments but should not be used for typical furniture.
Re: tightbond
Yonak
I had a bottle one time that turned orange in color, seemed to be sort of a gel consistence and smelled kind of like airplane glue. I called the manufacturer and they were baffled .. never heard of it before but they did send me a new bottle.