On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:05:01 -0600, "Swingman" wrote:

"Swingman" wrote in message news:...

Joe Bemier wrote:
TiteBond III has an open time of 10min

I'm of the opinion that their marketing department got a bit carried away
on
this particular claim. I've found the open time to be much closer to 7
minutes, or less, no matter the ambient temperature.

(... and I sincerely hope I am just exercising a bit of age based
cynicism.)

Speaking of advancing cynicism, and reasons therefo

Because it was close, I stopped by certain well known woodworking store
yesterday to buy some plastic resin glue (which they don't carry, BTW) for a
glue-up that required a long "open" time due to its complexity.

After the fruitless search, and upon being asked what I was looking for ("a
glue with a long "open" time"), I was ASSURED by _every_ salesman in the
store that TiteBond III had an "open/assembly time of 30 to 90 minutes"!

"If you can't do, teach" ... or become a salesman.


Boy that's a stretch. I was having trouble getting ten minutes back
in the summer when it was so hot.

I did talk to the titebond people at IWF and asked them what I could
do for a longer open time. They said in extreme heat I could add 5%
by volume, water for a longer open time without affecting the
strength.

Frank