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Re: Material: Cold Shop: Is my glue going to fail?
By:John Monfoe
Date: 2/7/2002, 5:24 am

: I just read a discussion on a Woodworking Forum about the proper temperature
: for glue to work properly. The concensus was that the glue and the wood
: should be around 55 degrees or above.
: I have just finished stripping the hull of a Cape Ann in my garage that gets
: down to around 20-25 at night and hasn't been above 40 since I began. I
: keep the glue (Elmer's Carpenters Glue) inside until I'm ready to use it
: but of course the wood and ambient temp is cold.

This is only a guess on my part but I think you are all right as long as the glue doesn't actually freeze. Last year I accidently left a bottle of carpenter's glue in the garage when it was below freezing. I brought it in the house to thaw out but it turned into a thick mess that wouldn't squeeze out of the bottle. It was a good lesson because now I keep all of my glues in the house.

John

Messages In This Thread

Material: Cold Shop: Is my glue going to fail?
Rich D -- 2/6/2002, 4:18 pm
Re: Material: Cold Shop: Is my glue going to fail?
Steve -- 2/7/2002, 8:19 am
I'll try the pic again *Pic*
Steve -- 2/7/2002, 8:23 am
Glue seems to be OK so far.........
Rich D -- 2/7/2002, 7:54 am
Since you are working in the garage . . .
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/7/2002, 9:05 pm
Re: Material: Cold Shop: Is my glue going to fail?
John Monfoe -- 2/7/2002, 5:24 am
Re: Material: Cold Shop: Is my glue going to fail?
Greg Hughes -- 2/6/2002, 7:23 pm
Re: Material: Cold Shop: Is my glue going to fail?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/6/2002, 5:28 pm