tip top repair

[MDRookie]

Hi... Sorry if this is in the wrong section.. seems appropriate tho. Search turned up nothing.

 

The tip on one of my rods snapped on a cast. I was able to get the broken piece of rod out of the tip top. The tip top will still fit the top section of the good part of the rod.. only lost an inch. I watched a few youtube videos on repairing a tip top. I went to Michael's craft store and got a stick of glue.. the high temp one opposed to the low temp. I scuffed up the rod tip, melted glue and rubbed it around the rod tip and placed the tip top on it. Let it dry for a couple hours... And.. with what I consider gentle but firm pressure.. I can twist the tip top back off. 

 

Is the hot temp glue at Michael's not good/strong enough? 

 

Thanks in advance for any help.. direction. :-)

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

It must not be. You can use an epoxy adhesive. The only draw back is that it makes future changes more difficult. If the rod is handled with care it shouldn't be an issue. I routinely use epoxy on tips headed to hot climates like FL or Mexico. 

[IndianaFinesse]

I glue rod tips on using glue made for rod tips, it comes in the Fuji rod tip repair kit.  I don't think you can buy the glue from that kit separate, but the kit only costs $8 and has a couple rod tips included for when you break the rod tip and the tip falls into the water.

[S Hovanec]

Try this.  Carefully slice some slivers of glue off the stick.  Pack the tube of the guide with the slivers.  Heat the guide til the glue melts and bubbles out.  Quickly put the tip on the rod and align.  Glue will squeeze out everywhere, don't worry about it, you'll peel it off once it cools.

 

BTW, you need to be holding the guide with pliers unless you have asbestos fingers!

[MDRookie]

14 minutes ago, S Hovanec said:

Try this.  Carefully slice some slivers of glue off the stick.  Pack the tube of the guide with the slivers.  Heat the guide til the glue melts and bubbles out.  Quickly put the tip on the rod and align.  Glue will squeeze out everywhere, don't worry about it, you'll peel it off once it cools.

 

BTW, you need to be holding the guide with pliers unless you have asbestos fingers!

 

I saw this technique on the videos... 

Based on your reply you think the glue stick I picked up from Michael's should work.. This is an ultralight rod.. so I may be able to get one sliver into the pinhole of the tip tube.. lol.

 

Thanks for the replies.. I will check out Dicks today for a repair kit. 

 

[S Hovanec]

Yea, it should work.  The way i get slivers is I cut a thin slice off the end of the stick, then lay the slice flat on the bench and cut very narrow strips across the slice with the razor blade.

[MickD]

You can get more than one sliver in.  Cut them finer.  The idea is to make sure you are getting full contact between the blank the glue and the tiptop.  If that fails, then go epoxy.  but that should not be necessary.  Hot melt is better for reasons already mentioned.

[MDRookie]

I think I may have been a little slow in getting the tip on.. maybe the glue solidified a little too much..... 

[RoLo]

I use ferrule cement, which I also use to fasten my broadheads to the arrow shafts.

Heat it with a cigarette lighter and a little dab will do ya.

Just apply steady pressure about 30-sec while the cement cools and sets

 

Roger