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Toppingfrmbottom -> Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 7:36:37 PM)

Literally, I'm not kidding I coat the small page with glue and before I can even press it down the glue's dry:(( it's messing up my project:((



littlewonder -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 7:42:28 PM)

It's old..whether opened or not. Go out and buy a new one.




Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 7:45:22 PM)

Littlewonder I just bought it today, but we'll go buy a new one in the morning.



mummyman321 -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 7:46:28 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom

Literally, I'm not kidding I coat the small page with glue and before I can even press it down the glue's dry:(( it's messing up my project:((


Sometimes I really think you smoke some very good stuff to come up with these crazy questions.



KyttynTheMynx -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 7:48:15 PM)

Topping, it can be old simply from sitting on the shelf. The purchase date doesnt always ensure "new" products.



Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 7:50:00 PM)

True, like we bought a pumpkin a week ago and ones already rotten an we haven't carved it. An un carved pumpkin should last 6 months, not 1 week.
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ORIGINAL: KyttynTheMynx

Topping, it can be old simply from sitting on the shelf. The purchase date doesnt always ensure "new" products.



littlewonder -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 8:10:18 PM)

depends on the type of pumpkin and where it was sitting and the weather if you have it sitting outside.




Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 8:12:35 PM)

It was indoors an it was one of those big orange jack o lantern pumpkins.



hausboy -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 8:55:09 PM)

hey TFB... go for a UHU stick.  Better quality glu-stick, and as long as you keep the cap tight, they last a lot longer too.  You can find them in artist supply stores 



Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 9:54:22 PM)

Haus we're buying from walmart, I can't shell out big bucks,N ormally they work fine but the glue is a diff brand.



Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (10/31/2011 9:56:12 PM)

Oooh, I may have had one before, the pic looks familiar.



TheFireWithinMe -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/1/2011 4:22:42 AM)

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True, like we bought a pumpkin a week ago and ones already rotten an we haven't carved it. An un carved pumpkin should last 6 months, not 1 week.


Sometimes fruits and veggies look good on the outside. Then you cut it open and ewwwww rotten inside. I've had that happen to me.



MasterG2kTR -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/1/2011 5:46:50 AM)

You might be spreading the glue too thin allowing it to dry very fast. You can also try spraying a very light mist of water on it to keep it from drying before you are ready to press the object in place.



Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/1/2011 8:07:37 AM)

With glue sticks you just rub and go, I've never had trouble with other brands of glue stick so I am going to go back and get a different brand. See if that's a problem too. A mist of water might cause the paper to warp and buckle and stuff and I don't really wanna risk that.
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ORIGINAL: MasterG2kTR

You might be spreading the glue too thin allowing it to dry very fast. You can also try spraying a very light mist of water on it to keep it from drying before you are ready to press the object in place.



Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/1/2011 8:09:33 AM)

Yup me too I bit into a perfectly fine looking bell pepper and there was mold inside and I'd actually bit into some mold. Another time I cut the top off an there was mold in the bottom. So not appetizing. I'm just glad I didn't have my heart set on carving the pumpkin, that would be of been a hard blow to accept. I'll just take its seeds if they're any good, and hopefully they are, and give the pumpkin to my dad for his garden. The reason I said usually is, is cause last year we had a huge pumpkin I didn't carve and forgot about and it took like 7 + months for it to rot, same with my other little one his mom gave me.


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ORIGINAL: TheFireWithinMe


Sometimes fruits and veggies look good on the outside. Then you cut it open and ewwwww rotten inside. I've had that happen to me.




tiggerspoohbear -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/1/2011 3:29:24 PM)

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ORIGINAL: mummyman321
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ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom
Literally, I'm not kidding I coat the small page with glue and before I can even press it down the glue's dry:(( it's messing up my project:((

Sometimes I really think you smoke some very good stuff to come up with these crazy questions.

MM, QFT!!!



Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/2/2011 1:44:35 AM)

Ok second elmers glue stick, this time it cost 4 bucks stead of 99 cents, and it says for scrap booking, an this one too is crap. I'm gonna try the uhu or some other brand.



WinsomeDefiance -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/2/2011 9:08:55 AM)

Maybe it is the paper.  If I remember right, scrap booking paper is a bit 'waxy' so you can tack on things without your glue medium drying too quickly, allowing you to remove/move what you are attaching around a bit.  Are you using scrap booking paper or going cheaper and using construction paper?

Try using a little glue on the paper and on what you are gluing down.  Usually you press the two pieces together, pull them apart (if I remember right this is called 'tacking') then press it back down again.  The glue sticks to itself, better adhering the two items you are gluing together.

I dunno.  I have a migraine and I"m not sure if I'm making any sense.

Hope your project comes out the way you want, and you are wildly happy with it.





Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/2/2011 9:53:26 AM)


Yup put it on both pages and it not only dried immediately, the glued pages are now coming un glued:(

This scrapbook paper is more like printer paper but it's got a better heft to it. It's not so flimsy.
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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance

Maybe it is the paper.  If I remember right, scrap booking paper is a bit 'waxy' so you can tack on things without your glue medium drying too quickly, allowing you to remove/move what you are attaching around a bit.  Are you using scrap booking paper or going cheaper and using construction paper?

Try using a little glue on the paper and on what you are gluing down.  Usually you press the two pieces together, pull them apart (if I remember right this is called 'tacking') then press it back down again.  The glue sticks to itself, better adhering the two items you are gluing together.

I dunno.  I have a migraine and I"m not sure if I'm making any sense.

Hope your project comes out the way you want, and you are wildly happy with it.






Hippiekinkster -> RE: Why is my elmers glue stick drying to fast? (11/2/2011 10:06:49 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance

Maybe it is the paper.  If I remember right, scrap booking paper is a bit 'waxy' so you can tack on things without your glue medium drying too quickly, allowing you to remove/move what you are attaching around a bit.  Are you using scrap booking paper or going cheaper and using construction paper?

Try using a little glue on the paper and on what you are gluing down.  Usually you press the two pieces together, pull them apart (if I remember right this is called 'tacking') then press it back down again.  The glue sticks to itself, better adhering the two items you are gluing together.

I dunno.  I have a migraine and I"m not sure if I'm making any sense.

Hope your project comes out the way you want, and you are wildly happy with it.



Ever have a can of soda and it's watery and flat? That happens when the line operator fucked up and didn't purge the line with the new mix when switching over (say, from Pepsi to Mt. Dew, or whatever (way back in the 70s, I worked in the QC lab for a Pepsi bottler). So it could be a diluted product. Or it could be whoever formulated the batch skimped on an ingredient, so the glue doesn't meet specs. Or it could be that the solvent is evaporating too quickly because of low humidity (low water vapor partial pressure means there's more capacity in the air for other gasses; temperature and barometric pressure dependent).

But I wonder why the OP doesn't write the manufacturer and ask. And why she doesn't ask about dog-wrist action on a dog behavior site.

I mean, if I wanted to know how to, say, purge a hot water tank, I would ask a plumber, not a nurse or a hairdresser.



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