05-21-2022, 08:41 AM
It seems overseas scoundrels are counterfeiting new things every day - not sure if this is one of them, but somehow I wouldn't be surprised. That being said, assuming this is NOT counterfeit nor how Permatex intends the product to perform, it is likely a bad batch.
Some years back, a buddy finished college with a couple scientific degrees, but couldn't land a job in his area of interest, so he took an interim job working nights at a big name detergent factory. His job was QA for the huge vats of the various detergent and surfactant products the plant was making at the time, running 24hrs a day. Essentially, he was, without being given the title of "manager," responsible for how all the night shift guys did their jobs adding ingredients, in specific quantities, at specific times, etc. You get the idea. For context, the guys working nights were not the pick of the crop; many were lucky to have finished high school and for some, their citizenship status was in question as well as their ability to read/write English. There were the stories about OTJ alcohol consumption, having to somehow hose-out a factory of a six foot tall wall of suds before the morning people arrived, vats of product having to be flushed down the sewer due to over-addition of ingredients, etc. My buddy didn't stay for very long.
The takeaway was that the daytime crowd of managers, engineers, chemists, etc. may have been top-notch. In their case, the product quality was only as good as the night shift was sober/not stoned/felt like paying attention/actually showed-up to work. Who is to say there wasn't a mistake made at the factory for this product?
Some years back, a buddy finished college with a couple scientific degrees, but couldn't land a job in his area of interest, so he took an interim job working nights at a big name detergent factory. His job was QA for the huge vats of the various detergent and surfactant products the plant was making at the time, running 24hrs a day. Essentially, he was, without being given the title of "manager," responsible for how all the night shift guys did their jobs adding ingredients, in specific quantities, at specific times, etc. You get the idea. For context, the guys working nights were not the pick of the crop; many were lucky to have finished high school and for some, their citizenship status was in question as well as their ability to read/write English. There were the stories about OTJ alcohol consumption, having to somehow hose-out a factory of a six foot tall wall of suds before the morning people arrived, vats of product having to be flushed down the sewer due to over-addition of ingredients, etc. My buddy didn't stay for very long.
The takeaway was that the daytime crowd of managers, engineers, chemists, etc. may have been top-notch. In their case, the product quality was only as good as the night shift was sober/not stoned/felt like paying attention/actually showed-up to work. Who is to say there wasn't a mistake made at the factory for this product?