Glue going off

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Nigel Greenwood - 14 Jan 2004 14:14 GMT

In the UK, & I believe in .au and .nz as well, carpenters & other
woodworkers commonly talk about glue "going off", meaning setting or
hardening (not going bad!).

1. Is this usage found elsewhere?

2. Can anyone give me a reference to its use in print?

Nigel

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Marius Hancu - 14 Jan 2004 15:48 GMT

> In the UK, & I believe in .au and .nz as well, carpenters & other
> woodworkers commonly talk about glue "going off", meaning setting or
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> 2. Can anyone give me a reference to its use in print?

Not sure if "print" also means Web pages for you.

Just tried a search with:
"glue going off"
at Yahoo (the quotes are important).

It gave me as one of the results the following page:
http://www.foc-u.co.uk/reviews/chrioxford.htm
with this para:
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In total allowing for the fact that the instructions recommend 24
hours before use due to the glue going off the actual fitting took
around a couple of hours. This was mainly due to trying to place
wires along existing routes so as to look O.E.
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Marius Hancu

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Nigel Greenwood - 14 Jan 2004 20:43 GMT

Marius Hancu <DO_NOT_USE@videotron.ca> wrote

> Not sure if "print" also means Web pages for you.
>
> Just tried a search with:
> "glue going off"
> at Yahoo (the quotes are important).

Thanks -- I'd already done that. I'm really looking for something
physically published (eg book or magazine).

Nigel

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Cece - 20 Jan 2004 18:26 GMT

> Marius Hancu <DO_NOT_USE@videotron.ca> wrote
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> Nigel

I have never heard this in the U.S. Glue dries, or hardens, or cures.

Cece

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Glue going off