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Title: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Blaflair2 on September 09, 2014, 09:48:03 am
What glue y'all use for glue on points?
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 09, 2014, 10:05:57 am
Hot melt craft glue for target tips and I use Ferril-tite for broad heads.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Blaflair2 on September 09, 2014, 10:08:37 am
Where do I get the stuff for the broad heads? Trying to get all my hunting stuff buttoned up. Special thanks to a few people that helped me with that so far. It's nice I get to bring all this good medicine into the woods with me.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 09, 2014, 10:27:12 am
I get mine from Kustom King.  Its cheap, so maybe add a few other goodies on your order to make the shipping costs worth it.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Pat B on September 09, 2014, 10:28:34 am
3Rivers has it also
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Blaflair2 on September 09, 2014, 10:31:20 am
So super glue was a bad choice for the first two  >:D I'll get some of the other stuff for the reat
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 09, 2014, 10:37:41 am
Super glue is a bad choice for any points. All arrows break and some day you want them points back.

3 Rivers does have it, I just don't suggest them at all anymore. Too many bad experiences between me and my friends. And that's a small survey sample.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 10:38:12 am
I live in Northern Arizona and the very dry air has defeated nearly every glue I've tried. I've tried the Ferrul-Tite, I've tried hot melt, I've tried cyanoacrylate glues. Sooner or later, they all fail and points come off.  But now I found something new and it works great! You can get it at WalMart and Home Depot. It's a Loctite product called "GO2 Glue". It's only four or five bucks for a 1.75oz bottle. Has a great spout and an easy-locking cap that makes it very user-friendly for putting on field points and broadheads. It's labelled as shock-resistant, water-resistant, and temperature-resistant. And it is, too. It's clear, also. I highly recommend this glue.   
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Blaflair2 on September 09, 2014, 10:46:48 am
Yeah, I figured. Superglue fails with heat. I figured I cout heat gun em off . I'll check out that one glue as well dharma
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Grasshopper Mouse on September 09, 2014, 01:13:56 pm
I use 2-part epoxy for all the points I install, field points as well as broadheads.
Nothing is hot and the cure takes a little while so it's easy to adjust the point to be sure it's on straight. Some people balk at epoxy saying that it's permanent and you'll never get the point off... false. A simple application of heat, just like you'd use with the traditional hot melt glue, will remove an epoxied head.
Regardless of what glue you use, be sure to completely clean the inside of the head before gluing. The oil or grease left over from manufacturing will foil any glue you use.

Guy
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: mullet on September 09, 2014, 01:21:46 pm
I use super glue. You can heat it and get your points back or freeze them and the glue gets brittle.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Pat B on September 09, 2014, 01:27:48 pm
I like to be able to adjust points so I usually use Ferril-tite.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Pappy on September 10, 2014, 06:53:10 am
I used ferril tite for years,work OK, but the last couple of years I have been using the hot melt that BigJim sales,not sure
what it is called but comes in a stick like you would use in a glue gun ,only a little longer,best stuff I have ever used,it will work on anything,I don't shoot carbons but Beau does and guess who get to keep him in arrows ??? it works great on them also and easy to adjust or remove if you need to but still hold great. Havent lost a point/head/insert since I started using it.  :)
  Pappy
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: lesken2011 on September 10, 2014, 09:37:24 am
I have used the Go2 glue for gluing up my cork laminations for built up handles, but not for points. It worked great for that, but has a long dry time. I used various super glues and regular hot melts, but periodically lost points. I got so aggravated after 3 points came off at a recent 3D shoot, that I glued new ones on with smooth on. I did not have any come off at the next shoot. Field points aren't that expensive, but broadheads are and I don't want them coming off in the broadhead target. The next couple of weeks I will be practicing with broadheads and will probably put them on the shafts with smooth on. I would think If I let them dry at room temperature, that heating them up would release the glue when I am ready to pull them off.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: unkieford on September 14, 2014, 11:23:45 pm
I live in Phoenix, (hot enough for ya?) and use Ferr L tite, and have never had any problems with it. It's cheap, it works, and I can re-point whenever I want to.

Best wishes for your hunt!

---Ford---
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Dharma on September 15, 2014, 03:32:57 pm
Believe it or not, you Phoenicians have more humidity down there than up in Flagstaff.  :) Out here in Kayenta, I've noticed the air might have a tad more humidity than Flagstaff. Could be the thinner air at the higher altitude has something to do with the properties of glue.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: unkieford on September 16, 2014, 01:03:30 am
Yup! Air density varies with altitude, and moisture content along with it. Believe it or not, high mountain peaks covered with snow...usually  have bone-dry air.
Have you tried coating the metal to wood joint with some kind of sealer? Maybe wipe on poly or something.... just a thought. ;)

---Ford---
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: JEB on September 16, 2014, 06:42:56 am
Ferr L tite since the 60's.  Must have put hundreds of points and heads on with that stuff when working in my dads archery shop. Just make sure you clean out the inside of the point/head with some acetone on a Q-tip.  Sometimes there is oil residue inside the points .   Heat the point up good, glue on the shaft and you should be good to go.

PM me your address and I will send you some.  I have more than I will ever use.
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 16, 2014, 07:06:48 pm
I use the best grade of hardware store hot melt I can buy. Jawge
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Dharma on September 16, 2014, 09:12:05 pm
Unkeiford, that's a good idea! I'll try that!
Title: Re: Glue for glue in points?
Post by: Grasshopper Mouse on September 17, 2014, 12:08:25 am
Quote from: unkieford on September 16, 2014, 01:03:30 am
Have you tried coating the metal to wood joint with some kind of sealer? Maybe wipe on poly or something.... just a thought. ;)

---Ford---

I actually do this when I use epoxy to glue tips. I apply enough epoxy that some squeezes out when I push the tip on. I wipe this squeeze-out material off with a paper towel and at the same time I wipe it around the shaft so it coats any bare wood from the tip tapering.

Guy