Nah, the cheap glue in those early 2000s trades is genuinely the worst. My copy of Wolverine: Origin literally shed pages like a snake shedding skin. Had to double up the rubber bands just to keep it together.

Man I felt the SAME way when my old man told me this years ago. Tried it on a dry job in Vegas last summer and it was night and day difference - seam laid down like butter and I didn't have to fight it at all. Just a spray bottle with water, mist it light, and you're golden.

Oh man that exact thing happened to me with a gauge I dropped on concrete, ran too high all summer.

Yeah but I think you might be blaming the wrong thing here. Those plastic bins usually hold up fine unless they get banged around or left in the sun too long. More likely the lid seal just gave out (common issue when the rubber gasket dries out) and the liquid found its way out through the seam rather than a crack.

Started wearing noise-cancelling headphones and it fixed everything for me.