The latest question about strings reminded that I wanted to ask this .... Someone on here not long ago mentioned in passing something about replacing their rosin when it 'dried out'. Makes sense, but I'd never thought about it. So ... how long is a cake of rosin good for, assuming you don't drop it on the floor after three months? All kinds of variables, of course, but whaddya think?
A friend found me cake of Harwood rosin to go with my Harwood fiddle. Looks a hundred years old. Works like Hill light. So it's just for looks.
IMHO. If it's good rosin, why wouldn't it last for at least ten years. I rosin maybe once a week. I play maybe 12 hours a week. This Andrea stuff barely has a groove. Hill light plays off in a couple days. Meh
Edited by - farmerjones on 09/17/2024 18:04:49
Most rosin is a blend of colophony and metals. Resins like colophony will last indefinitely and don’t “go bad,” but if there are other ingredients, those may degrade over time.
A well kept cake of rosin could last decades. My father bought a cake of Hill Dark in the 1960s and i was using it on my bows 40-50 years later. As long as it doesn’t crumble from impact a good quality rosin should last.
I think it always gets dropped before it has time to go bad...lol...but from the other responses...it seems to never go bad anyway. I dropped it before and remelted it in the microwave...worked out just as good as before.
Notice how carefully I used the passive grammatically on this one...I mean I, MYSELF would NEVER drop rosin...but IT just GETS dropped...lol. There, I'm innocent...lol.
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