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Well, I found out the hard way that when a manufacturer puts a shelf life date on a bottle of glue, they mean what they say. I glued up a project using Old Brown Glue that had a shelf life expiration date of June 2020. I figured it's not that much out of date, what could possibly go wrong? I found out. I went down to my shop the next day to do some more joinery, and every joint I had just glued failed. I said "Oh darn". I got my temper tantrum out of the way, and decided it was time to grow up and fix my project. Reglued using Titebond, and so far, no problems. Of course, I had to clean up the old joint surfaces, so those joints aren't as pretty as they were, but this is for the shop, so I'm not that concerned with appearances. Just to be clear, I'm not knocking Old Brown Glue. The fault was mine, not theirs. I've used it before, with no problems. Lessons learned? 1. Believe the shelf life dates. They are there for a reason. 2. Don't buy more than you can use within that date, unless you are OK with throwing away the excess once that date has arrived. 3. Don't take out your frustrations on the project. It's not the project's fault either.
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