Resorcinol glue question

[Charles in SC]

I am doing some cabnet work and I have an unopened kit of this stuff left over from a project about 14 years ago. Does anyone here know if this stuff goes bad. When you shake it it still sounds liquid. I checked the Dap website and it says the shelf life is at least a year.
The work I am doing is not structural and would not matter if it fell apart, I would just have to do it over again. Any advice would be appreciated.

[kysteve]

charles,

      Lets see.........one year shelf life............and you have had it 14 years.  I think your answer is in your very own post....lol.....  I'd have to say if your project is worthy of using what you have on hand there, well, then its just not worth wasting your time to do.    Listen to yourself and later on you wont be kicking selfs, butt and saying why didnt I listen to myself......

Been there, done that.......
Just my 2 cents worth

  ..............Kentucky Steve ..........

[Charles in SC]

kysteve, thank you for trying but you did not seem to read what I wrote Dap says it is good for "at least a year" it has no use by date.

[HighTechRedneck]

Found this online at: http://www.bamboorodmaking.com/html/glues_-_epon.html

The context leading to the following was commentary of shelf life of Epon.  It offers a view point on the shelf life of Resorcinol and an idea on how to test it.

UF and resorcinol on the other hand will deteriorate within a year or so, a little longer if refrigerated and if you get old stuff much sooner than that because it ages on the shelf even before you buy it. Before using this unless you're using it all the time and know it's still good you should always do a test to destruction on a pr of wood sticks. Get two pieces of wood about 1" wide and 6" long and glue about 1-2" of each end together. Leave till cured then put one end in the vise and wham one end with a hammer. If it breaks with lots of wood left on each stick that belongs to the other the glue's fine. If it breaks along the glue line deep 6 the glue, it's had it.

[Bob Belter]

Ahoy, Charles,

Great glue ---  But:  Use it at specified temperatures.

Years ago here in Carmel CA,  Cold weather, I tried it at ~~ 50f, and it was about as good as brown sugar for glue.  The cure was so slow the it leached away and starved the joint.

Enjoy  /s/  Bob