Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "gbloud"
Greg Cardinal & Group,I was relieved to find that T88 has an indefinite shelf life be-cause I have had a couple of plastic bottles of it for a long,long time. I had been reluctant to use it for aircraft work, andhave restricted its use to other applications. I understand that the word "indefinite" means "unlimited". Is this the case?One thing I have noticed, however, is that the lighter coloredcomponent (the bottles are not handy as I write this, so I don'tknow which component it is) tends to granulate over time, par-ticularly when kept in a cool place. Immersing the container in hot (about the temperature it comes from the tap) water willrestore it to a molasses-like consistency, which seems to benormal. The other component, which has a brown color, doesnot tend to change over time, although placing both containersin moderately-hot water makes mixing the components a loteasier.I bought this T88 from Wicks about 15 years ago and it still works well on anything I stick together. I haven't used it on any aircraft stuff for at least ten years because I always thought it must have a shelf life---although there are no dates on the la-bels I have. A lot of adhesives do have a definite shelf life andthis led me to believe T88 would, too.Thanks for this information.Graham Hansen________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Graham Hansen"
Graham,I had the granulation problem of the clear T-88 component and Greg told meto let the bottle sit in a pot of very hot water (change it from time totime to keep it hot) and the grains will dissolve away. My bottle was rockhard at the start and an hour later it was as good as new. I thoughtoriginally that I had gotten the caps mixed up and a little resin cross-contatminated the hardener but that was not the case.Chris----- Original Message -----