Storing CA

[Doug]

Just wonder how you stored your CA?

Having gone to the cupboard where I keep my glues & finding a couple of bottles of CA whose contents were so thick & gloppy that I threw them in the bin, I had a look on the tinterweb.

One suggestion for unopened bottles was to freeze them, though I doubt I'd get away with that.
For opened bottles it was suggested to store the bottle in a jam jar with a sachet of the drying silica crystals etc in with it, this I thought was a good idea, but left me wondering if others had any handy tips?

 

[retreatjohn]

I keep my spares in the beer fridge!

 

[Vic Perrin]

Like Walter I keep my spare bottles in the fridge. I have read somewhere that it extends their shelf life by up to 18 months

 

[Jim]

Like Walter I keep my spare bottles in the fridge. I have read somewhere that it extends their shelf life by up to 18 months

Walter!!

I don't stock as much now for the same reason Doug ..

 

[bassethound]

Let you know when I remember where I left em!

 

[Woody]

I keep my spares in the beer fridge!

Snap I do the same John one shelf for smiffy the other for paste wax and CA in that order

 

[bassethound]

Walter!!

I don't stock as much now for the same reason Doug ..

I don't feel so bad now lol!

 

[AllenN]

In the fridge too.

 

[wm460]

I just buy what I need then leave it on the bench.

 

[paulm]

I must be lucky because I haven't had a problem yet and just chuck it on the shelf where it can stay for months.

 

[Terry]

Same as Paulm !!

 

[Grump]

Use what you buy and only buy enuf to use init?

 

[Neil]

I use Ever build stick 2 industrial grade medium viscosity Superglue and dont store it in the fridge. I buy it four 100 grm bottles at a time, each one lasts me just short of a week and it lives in the shed varying between -5 in winter and 35+ when the place turns into a sweat box in the summer afternoons. I take the top off and chuck it away, I have two open at any time, one at each end of the workshop, they never go off or deteriorate.

 

[Doug]

From the sounds of things I need a beer fridge, I'll have to put that to the present Mrs B



looking round I notice that Fivestar Adhesives Slipfit ca has a shelf life of up to 7 years

 

[wm460]

From the sounds of things I need a beer fridge, I'll have to put that to the present Mrs B

One of the most important piece of equipment in the shed.:pint:

 

[Penpal]

Used to keep mmine in a frig dicontinued that buy only now from high turnover model shop one at a time. I sits on the lathe shelf.

Peter.

 

[Grump]

I sits on the lathe shelf.

You be careful up there, we don't want you falling again init?

 

[rowdyyates115]

Beer Fridge works for me.....

 

[TK woodman]

I keep mine in a sealed jam jar half filled with cat litter to remove moisture

 

[Dalboy]

Long term I use the kitchen fridge. Other than that the cupboard the I store my finishes in is nice and cool even on a hot day when I put my hand in the cupboard you can feel the temperature difference