Titebond buggered bottle

I have a few bottles of Titebond and the Ultimate waterproof decided to clog the feeder nozzle. "Tip can be removed for cleaning" it proudly states on the bottle, but no reference as to how you get the bugger off:(( .
After much twisting and wrenching the top came away and I also succeeded in busting the stem from the base, bollocks.
This stuff is not cheap so after a philisophical beer (:rolleyes: ) I went on the rampage through the house and came across a Coles tomato sauce bottle, you know the ones that have a half twist to open the nozzle, poifect, transfer contents of Titebond to 350ml red bottle and remember not to bring it out on BBQ days.
I should add this took a couple of days overall, and I used a bit of glad wrap over the Titebond opening to keep it intact while I was looking for a solution.

Yup. I just gotta ask though... what took you so long to work it out? :innocent:

Actually, I find those twist-top sauce bottles just as hard to clean out, especially if you continually forget to seal 'em after use. :- My preference is for the old fashioned cap-on-a-flap plastic bottles.

The wider hole when the cap's unscrewed is much easier to refill from the 4L container without ending up in a sticky situation, too! :)

I have never forgotten to reseal, just the residual glue tends to gum up in the nozzle.
And how do you clean out the original nozzles????

Unscrew the cap and run it under the hot tap for a minute.

The titebond nozzles are fantastic, heaps better than sauce bottles:)

Sauce squeeze bottles have their uses BUT....
If you have ever opened a 1litre can of Penetrol & not used it in a month or 2, it starts to go off.
I got the big Idea of transferring it to plastic sauce bottles & squeezing all the air out before I stored it.
The penetrol RIPPED the bottle open down the side & set hard. :oo:
That bloody stuff will do anything to get at air. :cool:

Stick the nozzle in the vice. Pull the bottle.

The dead glue will then just peal off. DAMHIK:wink:

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Plus, I've used a utility knife to scrape away the residual. But don't get too aggressive or you can cut the entire top off.

DAMHIKT! :D :oo:

I just bought something called a Gluebot made by Fastcap. It works a treat as it is designed to "suck" the glue back from the tip when you are finished laying down a line of adhesive.

Sounds inconvenient and smartarse, I know, but I've found it best after each day's use to remove the nozzle top and flush it out. Saves heaps of trouble later. Same reason to flush spray can nozzles with included propellant.

Joe

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smartarse

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Good to see you got the spelling right, Joe :wink::D

My name is Bond, Tite Bond.

Just occurred to me. I wonder if those syrup bottles with the one way valve will work for the glue as well??
Les

Bloody hell Les, how long has that penny been falling for.... 2 weeks? :D

Just checked the pantry. Have one that is almost empty:D ...
Maybe I will have lots of syrup on toast in the morning :p.
Les

In fact, this syrup plastic bottle being used for my titebond wood glue may be the BEST thing since sliced bread!!! Hope it will work well.
Hopefully yours :)
Les

I use a couple of these. At the end of gluing put the cap back on and throw whatever nozzle into a container of water until its needed again

Woodcutta

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Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

:iagree:
I just bought something called a Gluebot made by Fastcap. It works a treat as it is designed to "suck" the glue back from the tip when you are finished laying down a line of adhesive.

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Back in 2004 I bought the two different sizes of Gluebots. I know they are dirt cheap in the US which is where I had to buy it from the total cost was A$38.00 delivered to my place in Perth. At the time I tried source them locally but no luck.

Over the weekend I had cause to use the glue (Aquadhere). Previous to this was about 18mths to 2 years ago. During this time when I would see the GluBot I would say to myself "I must check that bottle to see what the glue was doing" but never did. Anyway with having a requirement for the glue over the weekend I discovered that the glue in the GluBot had gone to gluk (was falling out like long strands of snot), nothing had congealed and I have been able to completly clean out the inside of the GluBot. I was very impressed with the GluBot

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Originally Posted by rod1949

Back in 2004 I bought the two different sizes of Gluebots. I know they are dirt cheap in the US which is where I had to buy it from the total cost was A$38.00 delivered to my place in Perth. At the time I tried source them locally but no luck.

Over the weekend I had cause to use the glue (Aquadhere). Previous to this was about 18mths to 2 years ago. During this time when I would see the GluBot I would say to myself "I must check that bottle to see what the glue was doing" but never did. Anyway with having a requirement for the glue over the weekend I discovered that the glue in the GluBot had gone to gluk (was falling out like long strands of snot), nothing had congealed and I have been able to completly clean out the inside of the GluBot. I was very impressed with the GluBot

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Agreeing with me is the absolute best choice in any event. You are obviously a person of discernment. :D :rolleyes: :D

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Agreeing with me is the absolute best choice in any event. You are obviously a person of discernment. :D :rolleyes: :D

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Right-on :2tsup:

Iain,

Never ever have fish and chips in the workshop. Or you might get yourself into a sticky situation. :D

Speaking of glue, do you know how much glue I used in the past 12 months? I bought a gallon of titebond II at the show last year.:2tsup: Guess what? I bought another one at the show this year. 4 litres in 12 months.:oo:

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Iain,

Never ever have fish and chips in the workshop. Or you might get yourself into a sticky situation. :D

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I never use sauce on chips, however, I shall now treat with suspicion sticky rice when we go for Yum Cha:D

Back in the teaching days, we used to buy glue by the Gallon. so we needed a bottle that we could sub divide into handy size. Liquid Dish washing detergent bottles works well. As for cleaning the lid of the titebond bottle, simply soaking in water will soften to a picking consistancy, (similar to a nose nugget) if you want a fluid desolve, use Vinegar, or Vinegar/water solution, also helps to soak "Ruined" clothes in the solution before laundry. Years of drooling glue in the school shops has taught me that trick. :2tsup:

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Iain,

Speaking of glue, do you know how much glue I used in the past 12 months? I bought a gallon of titebond II at the show last year.:2tsup: Guess what? I bought another one at the show this year. 4 litres in 12 months.:oo:

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You're sniffin it untya:D

I'm buying Titebond Ultimate III in 5 gallon pails, a dozen at a time.

Great stuff.

When I finish with a titebond bottle I alway keep the cap. Soak in water and it will turn into goo (even #III) I always keep the old then when I "do it again" to the cap I screw on the old one and soak the new one, all the while the old one keeps the bottle sealed and fresh.

Just like I never toss a rattle can w/o keeping the spray head. :2tsup:

I managed to pull the spout off my only bottle of
Tite Bond ($19 worth) in a fit of anger. I now ladle
it out with a spatula because I am too mean to throw
the bloody thing away.

BTW, I had a container of Selleys Aquadhere 'go off'
on me - it fell apart after it dried. I asked a guy at
a hardware store about shelf live so he phoned Selleys
for me. The answer? Two years.

How about upturning a container/bottle so that air is trapped at the other end?

I do that with my unused paints.

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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Sauce squeeze bottles have their uses BUT....
If you have ever opened a 1litre can of Penetrol & not used it in a month or 2, it starts to go off.
I got the big Idea of transferring it to plastic sauce bottles & squeezing all the air out before I stored it.
The penetrol RIPPED the bottle open down the side & set hard. :oo:
That bloody stuff will do anything to get at air. :cool:

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you are dead right about how fast it will go off. I have been putting rocks inside the tin to bring the lever up and so fat seems to be working :)