Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:40:35 -0500, Leon wrote:

Do you recall who you were getting this information from. My guy at TB
was Bob Behnke.

My contact was:

Brianna Orians
Technical Service Specialist
Franklin International

MY point is that your contact said no changes, mine said a different
filler. Your contact says thin from settling, mine says thin from
freezing.

And the bottle says *nothing* about thinning, only about thickening :-).

The inmates are running the asylum?

Yeah I suspected a story was sent to each of us to explain the reason for
the thinning, right or wrong.
Yesterday I received a quart bottle of TB3 from TB. It was packed in the
box upside down. I immediately noticed that the contents at the bottom go
the bottle was discolored in one location, lighter colored. I highly
suspect that the discolored spot was a glob of the stuff that needs to be
mixed back in, as recommended, before each use. The date code indicated
that the bottle was filled about 10 weeks ago. So even shipped direct from
the manufacturer one can expect to have to mix before use.

My conclusion is that TB glues with extended open times are good glues when
properly mixed with each use. These glues, after some time of sitting on a
shelf and no remixing of the contents, will most probably NOT perform,
during assembly, as expected. I suspect that the longer the bottle has sat
the less of an open time one can expect.

For me, is TB3 worth the extra expense and so much more trouble to observe
the benefits? NO
Same question for the less expensive extended open time products from TB?
Maybe