Man, that's rough... my old band's demo tracks from high school got corrupted on a hard drive. Felt like losing a piece of yourself.

My last batch of dragon scale gloves came out perfect with a 36 hour cure, even though the bottle said 48. I feel like the listed times are more of a safety net for the company. Humidity in my garage seems to change things more than a few hours on the clock. I've had stuff cure too fast and get brittle when I followed the time exactly. Now I just go by touch and how the material looks.

I always assumed it took way longer too, but that 27 year timeline is actually pretty solid based on the quarry marks and worker village they found.