Got this old gallon bottle of Titebond II that has to be a couple years
past prime. Open the top and it has the consistency of peanut butter. I
wonder if it's worth using. How about trying to drain the top layer
off, will the bottom half be better

On 22 Sep 2005 15:14:43 -0700, "harley" wrote:

Got this old gallon bottle of Titebond II that has to be a couple years
past prime. Open the top and it has the consistency of peanut butter. I
wonder if it's worth using. How about trying to drain the top layer
off, will the bottom half be better


Had the same thing. Called the people at Titebond. They told me what
to do with it to use it. Can't remember what I did but ended up using
it. Call them.

Why ruin your project with glue of questionable quality? Unless all your
hard work & effort are not worth the small expense of a bottle of glue.

JJS

harley wrote:
Got this old gallon bottle of Titebond II that has to be a couple years
past prime. Open the top and it has the consistency of peanut butter. I
wonder if it's worth using. How about trying to drain the top layer
off, will the bottom half be better

In article .com, "harley" wrote:
Got this old gallon bottle of Titebond II that has to be a couple years
past prime. Open the top and it has the consistency of peanut butter. I
wonder if it's worth using. How about trying to drain the top layer
off, will the bottom half be better

Toss it. Stuff's only six-seven bucks a pint. Not worth screwing up a project
using possibly hundreds of dollars worth of wood and who knows how many hours
of your time, to try to save seven bucks.

And buy smaller bottles in the future. :-)

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

There was an article on glue in one of the popular woodworking magazines a
year or so ago. They said to learn the date codes, only buy glue with the
freshest date, and to pitch it when it expires. As another poster said, why
ruin your hard work with ten dollars worth of old glue?


"harley" wrote in message
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Got this old gallon bottle of Titebond II that has to be a couple years
past prime. Open the top and it has the consistency of peanut butter. I
wonder if it's worth using. How about trying to drain the top layer
off, will the bottom half be better

Some time ago, I had read that a joint made with Titebond was stronger
than the wood itself.

Since then, logic has dictated that I always make the entire piece of
furniture out of pure, hardened glue rather than second-rate, weak "wood"

Perhaps you could make a 2x4 out of it and try this out yourself.

harley wrote:
Got this old gallon bottle of Titebond II that has to be a couple years
past prime. Open the top and it has the consistency of peanut butter. I
wonder if it's worth using. How about trying to drain the top layer
off, will the bottom half be better