[Paddlewise] 3M 5200 - need advise

Has anyone had any experience with 3M 5200?

    I'm here working on a custom job for some Lloyd guy in BC.  Stories are 
that this guy really thrashes his boats so I'm making him a stiff yet force 
absorbing boat of ancient design.  Long story short, I opened a (not so new 
but unopened) tube of 5200 and it was so stiff I needed a pair of pliers to 
squeeze just a little bit out.  That little bit was as stiff as the 
toothpaste after the cap was left off for about a month. Which is to say far 
too stiff to work into any adhesive application. Is this the norm?  How 
should fresh 5200 look? Feel? Flow?
    I'm told that this is the stuff dreams are made of for marine adhesives.  
Where did I go wrong?  Thanks in advance for any and all responses.

Jed
The waters too hard for paddling. The 5200 is too stiff for building.  Do I 
have to go skiing to get some satisfaction?
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