Re: Extending Shelf Life of Minwax Wood Putty
<<<__ Bob __>>>
> Is there a way/method for extending the shelf life of Minwax Wood
> Putty after the jar has been opened? I know that the small jars only
> cost less than $3/per but it sure seems a waste to have to buy a new
> jar of each color 4 months after each one has been opened and a little
> bit used.
>
> Thanks in advance....
Open the lid .. blow in a little propane from a torch .. close the lid.
Propane, being heavier than air will sink to the bottom, effectively
keeping the oxygen away from the putty, which needs oxygen to cure/dry.
Don Phillipson
> > Is there a way/method for extending the shelf life of Minwax Wood
> > Putty after the jar has been opened?
"<<<__ Bob __>>>" <b.wi...@charter.net> wrote
> Open the lid .. blow in a little propane from a torch .. close the lid.
> Propane, being heavier than air will sink to the bottom, effectively
> keeping the oxygen away from the putty, which needs oxygen to cure/dry.
Of you could simply store the cans upside down.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
dpb
> Is there a way/method for extending the shelf life of Minwax Wood
> cost less than $3/per but it sure seems a waste to have to buy a new
> jar of each color 4 months after each one has been opened and a little
> bit used.
IIRC, acetone is the solvent--just add a little extra. (But, double
check first to make sure I'm remembering correctly.)
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<<<__ Bob __>>>
>>Stan wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a way/method for extending the shelf life of Minwax Wood
>>>Putty after the jar has been opened?
>
>
> "<<<__ Bob __>>>" <b.wi...@charter.net> wrote
>
>
>>Open the lid .. blow in a little propane from a torch .. close the lid.
>> Propane, being heavier than air will sink to the bottom, effectively
>>keeping the oxygen away from the putty, which needs oxygen to cure/dry.
>
>
> Of you could simply store the cans upside down.
>
from starting the curing process ??
Jeff Wisnia
I don't think it's as much the little bit of air "stored" above the
contents which causes the hardening as it is the pressure differentials
between the inside and outside of the container caused by temperature
and atmospheric pressure changes. Those cause solvent vapor out and air
leakage in through the minute gaps around the lid, which almost never
seals perfectly once its been opened.
Having the contents resting against the seal joint is better, because
it's a lot harder to force liquid through a small leak than solvent
vapors or air, plus the contents will dry in the leak and seal it.
I started storing all my partially used cans of paint upside down about
20 years ago and know they "keep" much better that way.
The last can of "Plastic Wood" I bought had it's can's "label printing"
upside down with instructions to store it lid end down for the reasons
mentioned above.
Works for me,
Jeff
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beecrofter
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:31:20 -0500, dpb <n...@non.net> wrote:
> >IIRC, acetone is the solvent--just add a little extra. (But, double
> >check first to make sure I'm remembering correctly.)
>
> going to eat the stuff). It does say that it contains an ingredient
> that causes cancer in California?????? Doesn't cause cancer in any
> other state?
>
> Anyway, someone in another forum told me to use oil based putty from
> The Color Putty Companyhttp://www.colorputty.com/index.htmlwhich
> they said they had jars three years old that was still pliable.
>
> I will put a little acetone in the Minwax jars and see if I can revive
> them.
>
> Regards,
> Stan
try a couple drops of vegetable oil
Jim Yanik
news:1184871463.7...@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
FIRST,download or obtain a Material Safety Data Sheet(MSDS) for that
product,and it will list the solvent.
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
dpb
> beecrofter <bam...@localnet.com> wrote in
> news:1184871463.7...@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
>
>> On Jul 18, 10:23 pm, Stan <spambl...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:31:20 -0500, dpb <n...@non.net> wrote:
>>>> IIRC, acetone is the solvent--just add a little extra. (But, double
>>>> check first to make sure I'm remembering correctly.)
...
>> try a couple drops of vegetable oil
...
> FIRST,download or obtain a Material Safety Data Sheet(MSDS) for that
> product,and it will list the solvent.
Yeah, I guess I should have given directions for how to "check first"
but I think some things ought to not be too hard to figure out... :)
(Or yet again, should that be a ":(" ?)
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Eddie
Dig the putty out of the container, add a few drops of vegetable oil and and
knead.
See: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kV34iOYiKkI
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ItsJoanNotJoann
>
> replying to Stan, Eddie wrote:
> Dig the putty out of the container, add a few drops of vegetable oil and and
> knead.
> See: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kV34iOYiKkI
>
>
>
>
to offer advice without bothering to check the date of the original
post. Are ALL the people who use that silly-ass site this stupid??
Apparently.
Tekkie®
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Tekkie
john
That is cuz they feed rats 5,000 times their body weight in all their tests.
So everything tested causes cancer in CA. They just don't test or publish the
results of testing salmon and healthy stuff. Just exaggerating of course, re
the amount, but you get the idea.
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Frank
> replying to Stan, john wrote:
> That is cuz they feed rats 5,000 times their body weight in all their
> tests.
> So everything tested causes cancer in CA. They just don't test or
> publish the
> results of testing salmon and healthy stuff. Just exaggerating of
> course, re
> the amount, but you get the idea.
>
lot of them. Considering the product as compounded ingredients are
safer and even though I err on the side of caution I would have toned
down the toxicity warnings.
There is stuff that causes cancer in California that is not considered
cancerous any where else plus there are de minimus thresholds not
exceeded by OSHA standards but are exceeded in California which are
ridiculously low. I put the warning on all of the SDS's I write if the
composition has used any amount of chemical on the list even if it might
have evaporated, e.g. 1 percent in a solvent used to coat a film then
evaporated. This satisfies California and keeps away the bounty hunters
looking for something to turn in and collect part of their draconian fines.
chris
Internet info often has a very long shelf life, possibly longer than that tub of wood putty.
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