On 21/03/2018 14:32, Andrew wrote:
On 21/03/2018 14:15, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* Adrian Caspersz wrote:
I've just recreated the classic chandelier drop scene in 'Only fools and
horses' (whoops), and now have a wooden chandelier light fitting
assembled with clamps, rubber bands and many squirts of PVA glue.

The glue bottle is a couple of years old, but still contains sloppy
liquid. Does it decline in assembled holding strength with age?

Think it would go hard first. You did mix it well?


I had a 1 litre tub, like a yougurt pot under the sink
for a few years and when I came to use it, it had
developed a nice thick layer of blackish mould.

However, it came off in more or less one big dollop,
a bit like the crust on clotted cream and the rest of
it seemed to work just fine. Smelt no different to the
new stuff.

Two weeks ago I started cleaning out my junk room where I keep half tins
of paint, half tubs of tile cement and an old tub of PVA.

Like you my tub of PVA had developed a thick layer of black mould
turning the PVA into something akin to cottage cheese. The smell was
rather unpleasant. This has now been chucked out along with the solid
tile cement and the paint that was more skin and rust rather than
liquid. There was also the 3 litres of white emulsion that had gone
stagnant with a purple/green tinge.

Strangely the very old can of **** brown paint that once matched the
colour of my tendy bathroom suite seemed to be in perfect condition.
That too went down to the local tip.



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