How long does a bottle of Mend It last

[Cgolf]

With the rising costs of the Rage Menace I started to save used baits torn up at the nose and where the hook goes in at the back and will keep each color in a bag. Once I have enough I will go through and fix them all with Mend it to extend the life.

 

My question is how long will the 1/2 ounce bottle be good for and how do you store it? I have seen some recommend the fridge, which we used to do with CA glue, and that makes some sense.  I am thinking this may be a better purchase next year when I have a lot more baits set aside. I will not be doing this with all plastics, just the ones I am hesitant to repurchase no matter how well they work. 

[ChrisD46]

Historically I have had Mend It dry up on me for unknown reasons . Besides keeping the cap on tight , I have heard storing Mend It in the Fridge helps keep it in a liquid state .

[Cgolf]

1 hour ago, ChrisD46 said:

Historically I have had Mend It dry up on me for unknown reasons . Besides keeping the cap on tight , I have heard storing Mend It in the Fridge helps keep it in a liquid state .

 

So really I should purchase it when I have a bunch of baits to fix up and not expect it to last a year then? Wonder if plastic wrap around the bottle or the parafilm we use in the lab would help to extend the life as well? 

[swhit140]

When I put any new soft plastic trailer on any swim jig or bladed jig I always put a couple dabs of super glue on the bait keeper and then slide the bait up. You will definitely go through less soft plastic trailers when you do that. I'm just using Loctite Super glue from Wal-Mart to secure my trailers on my jig style baits. 

 

[txchaser]

Last bottle made it a couple of years before it started to get thick, and it was almost gone by then. It gets subjected to extreme heat, because "Texas", but doesn't get frozen out. 

[PhishLI]

15 hours ago, Cgolf said:

My question is how long will the 1/2 ounce bottle be good for and how do you store it?

Close the top quickly between each individual repair if you're fixing multiple baits in order to keep the solvent from evaporating. Crank down the top really tight when you're finished and keep it in a drawer away from light and it can last for quite some time. Easily a year or more. If you haven't used it in a while give it a good shake so the solvent mixes with the semi solids.

 

[Cgolf]

8 hours ago, txchaser said:

Last bottle made it a couple of years before it started to get thick, and it was almost gone by then. It gets subjected to extreme heat, because "Texas", but doesn't get frozen out. 

 

7 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Close the top quickly between each individual repair if you're fixing multiple baits in order to keep the solvent from evaporating. Crank down the top really tight when you're finished and keep it in a drawer away from light and it can last for quite some time. Easily a year or more. If you haven't used it in a while give it a good shake so the solvent mixes with the semi solids.

 

 

Thanks

I will put off the purchase to next year and bag up the plastics I want to repair. Right now I only have a handful, by next year I will have enough to make it worth it. Also sounds like its smarter to open it less often so to repair many baits at once instead of one at a time.