Ooops, I finally read the last portion of the Wiki article on cyanoacrylate (shelf life). Do not refrigerate opened bottles. Only unopened bottles will have their life expectancy extended.

Since moisture is the main agent that causes ACC (cyanoacrylate) to set; according to Wikipedia, I keep my ACC in a small glass jar that has a tight lid with a couple of silica gel packets that are

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Don, I really wouldn't want to eat food that has been contaminated with this stuff. It can't be good for people and other living things, and certainly could make food taste icky.

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Guess I missed something in this, Garth. what is the inherent danger in ACC outgassing in the refrigerator? I have stored mine on a shelf in the refrigerator for some years but perhaps shold not be

Mark/Don, you'd probably be surprised at the way juices are processed, stored and shipped. Logic from those outside the industry doesn't really apply. For a sense of scale, the Trop plant at

Tom, I've never stored my ACC in the freezer, but I expect there would be minimal outgassing there at worst. Also, with the cap on I've never had a problem I noticed with the stuff in

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If you want an early viewpoint on the subject, there’s an article in the 1906-1907Engineering Magazine entitled “Mechanical refrigeration adapted torailway transportation”

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It was not all that long ago that out of season produce was an expensive luxury. Comparing milk to orange juice seems to skip over the fact that cows make milk all year round. Fresh Florida

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In reply to Garth's comment that ACC could outgas in the refrigerator. I have been storing my bottles of Jet ACC in the freezer for many years and never realized that it could possibly do this. What

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Com'on Bruce, Guess I missed any mention Bill made of the concentrate being shipped frozen. That, however, seem like quite a waste of corporate funds. And what does distance have to do with

Mark, Dang, maybe I'm getting old, but when I was growing up in upstate NY, we got our orange juice in a cardboard tube with metal ends, frozen solid, at the grocery store. Thus, the frozen