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Super glue dilemma
rps3:
I like and use the bob smith glue also. It makes such quick work of nock overlays. It is probably something I am doing wrong, but has anyone else had problems with nock overlays popping off years later on their bows. I have had this happen several times, once was actually on a trade bow that I obviously didnt do. Just recently went back to using tightbond for overlays so this doesnt happen.
I only use 10 strands d97 also.
DC:
I use CA for my tips but I do have a slight mistrust of it. Years ago I worked on the operators switchboard for the telephone company. We had to "temporarily" cover about 20 of strips of indicator lights. We used CA to glue a plastic strip over them. About a couple of months later they all fell of within two days. I've never seen anything like it. The switchboards got quite warm/hot so we always assumed somehow the heat degraded the CA. There is always the possibility that the operators popped them off to screw with our heads but I don't think so. We never used CA for that again.
jeffp51:
The only time superglue is a problem that I have seen is when you haven't prepared the surfaces well. The thin likes to have perfect contact--no voids at all--and you have to watch for grease or oils. I have model airplanes held together with CA that have withstood 15 years of flying in all sorts of temperatures and humidity and G-forces. The only time it let go was after the full power on nose dive into the dirt---Well, it wasn't the glue that let go, but the wood in between, I guess.
I trust CA in the right applications more than about anything. For some stuff, though, it doesn't work at all.
BowEd:
I use smooth-on for tip overlays.You may have to wait 24 hours naturally or under a heat lamp for 5 to 6 hours but they've never failed me,but as said proper surface prep is critical.Even recurving tips steaming the overlays don't let go.
HH~:
Outlaw, Will H got that from where we all got that info...... Gary Davis
He gave us a class on BSI family of CA Glues. There are a wide variety of them for different application, thin, thick, gap filling, etc etc.
Get it online from a host of sellers. Only bad thind about CA on tips is if you drop bow on hard surface and you horn or antler they will blow off almost every time. Take your time and use good two part epoxy like EA 40 or better yet Brownells Acra Glass gel. Not much different than EA 40. The tips not coming off unless you cut them off.
HH~
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