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do you have an educated guess as to why the difference? less water content on fish glue? does fish glue - being more hygroscopic - release moisture more slowly to the wood? something completely different?
i might try FG on my next guitar (my first commission!) - last fingerboard i glued was indeed severely distorted after being glued to the neck.

cheers,
Miguel.

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I buy my Zpoxy at the local hobby shop and the last batch was in use over 3 years with no problems and I have no idea how fresh it was when purchased. I use System Three T88 Epoxy for fingerboards and gluing carbon rods into my necks.

Fred

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Fred, thank you!

That is exactly the info I was trying to get from this thread. My main concern was if I could use Z-Poxy of an unknown age. I have z-poxy on-hand that is just under 2 years old that I used on my previous build. Sounds like it would be worth trying if you have used some that is around 3 years old successfully. I can buy epoxy locally that is the same brand I used on my last fretboard. I'm not that happy with it as the resin completely setup in the bottle over the last year (only time I used it was for glueing a fretboard). Thus my question about a better epoxy. I had rather not spend $25+ on a large quantity as I'll likely not use it before it goes bad. So I may buy the 8oz of Great Planes epoxy at the local hobby shop again. I'll at least check if Hobby Lobby has a decent epoxy before going back to this brand (hate to add shipping cost to epoxy so prefer to buy local).

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I couldn't count how many fretboards I've glued with plain 'ol hardware store epoxy.... Even used 5 minute epoxy in a pinch, more than once, and have not heard of issues. It -is- the single largest glue joint in surface area, on the entire instrument, and it isn't in a great deal of stress.

If you doubt your epoxy, simply mix up a small batch, and see if it sets up hard or not. That'll tell ya. As far as I know, epoxy either works, or it doesn't. In other words, if it sets-up(IE: cures), it's good to go. Once cured, it won't suddenly get rubbery in the future.

But then again, I'm not a chemist or epoxy expert, so if someone more knowledgeable in the field of epoxies says otherwise, I'd trust them...