Originally Posted by
misseva
I bought a bottle with one of those small tips --- bummer. If you let it set very long it stops up and then you have to soak it in hot water, etc. I finally went back to just using the tip straight from Elmers - just barely opening it -- no problems. As mentioned on the board recently, if you buy a large supply of glue sticks you might want to store them in a plastic bag in the fridge &/or freezer to keep them from drying out. I had never thought of that but I did find some of my sticks dried out and I didn't have a big supply.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the special tips. I will have to keep that in mind before/when I can purchase one. But, so far I really have not had any issues with, like you, just using it from the original bottle. I went and checked the one glue stick I do have; it is dried up and I just tossed it. So, will definetely have to store them in the fridge from now on.