Elmer Rep says glue doesn't go bad?

[Philip Florio]

Spoke to a Representative today from Elmer. I had to call once again because of another bad tube of wood filler.

I asked why Elmer can't put expiration dates on their products instead of production dates. He informed me that their glue doesn't have an expiration date?

Phil

[Rich Engelhardt]

Hello,

He informed me that their glue doesn't have an expiration date?
According to the Elmer's website, their school and wood glues have a 2 year shelf life.

[glenn bradley]

If they put them on the packages, people would know they were buying near the end of product life. I imagine only a percentage of folks who have product "go bad" call for a replacement. But then, I'm cynical sometimes.

[Scott Hildenbrand]

Isn't it funny what reps say? Never goes bad.. Doesn't rust.. If it breaks, we'll replace it..

Yeah... Loving it.

[Dave Lehnert]

I would like the name of the sales rep. I just tossed a bunch of Elmer's glue that went bad at work. This was in a retail environment.

[Philip Florio]

The Reps name is Brian, that's all I got.

I was put off my his attitude and when he said glue didn't have an expiration date I then said well Professional woodworkers will disagree with that.

There cryptic coding is the same as Loctite. Last year I bought their 5 minute Epoxy only to find when I started to have a problem that I bought the epoxy when it had 2 weeks left to its expiration date which was one year from production date.

Loctite along with Elmer are two companies that I will avoid for now on. I wonder what they would say if they found their milk had cryptic numbers on the container.

Loctite was the worse, they didn't want to offer any help.

Phil

[Jamie Buxton]

I've never had PVA go bad on me.

[johnny means]

I'm using glue right now from a case i bought 4 years ago. Looks, smells, and works just like the first bottle I opened.

Exactly what happens when wood glue goes bad? Does it spoil like milk, ferment like juice, rot and stink like a protein shake? Or does it dry up like glue is supposed to?

[Wayne Sparkman]

I've had glue (titebond no less) clump like spoiled milk. Not sure why. It wasn't subjected to freezing, so I'm stumped.

[Norman Pyles]

I've had glue (titebond no less) clump like spoiled milk. Not sure why. It wasn't subjected to freezing, so I'm stumped.

I've had Elmers Probond, do the same thing.

[Don Dorn]

Acording to Marc Adams - you have a year from the time you first open it. I now put that date on the bottle with a sharpie, but wouldn't really need to because I go through it long before a year is up.

[Jerome Hanby]

Acording to Marc Adams - you have a year from the time you first open it. I now put that date on the bottle with a sharpie, but wouldn't really need to because I go through it long before a year is up.
That's a good idea. Thanks for the tip!

[John Thompson]

Beware of reps that tell you glue or beer won't go bad and there is no expiration.. :)

[David G Baker]

I have some 40 year old Elmer's wood glue that I still use on occasion and haven't found anything wrong with it.

[Bob Genovesi]

Isn't it funny what reps say? Never goes bad.. Doesn't rust.. If it breaks, we'll replace it..

Yeah... Loving it.

They used to be called "snake-oil salesman", or car salesman...:D