Removing excess glue

[1Longbow]

What do you guys do to remove excess glue when gluing on field points and broadheads? I look at pics of your arrows and they look clean around the top of the point. I have been just trying to chip it away with my thumb nail,but it always leave some glue residue. Thanks for your answers

[snag]

Why don't you just wipe it off when gluing?

[Orion]

You may be using too much glue.  If you use hot melt on woodies, apply a little to the shaft.  Heat the head a little and put it on.  Heat it a little more and turn the shaft a few times as you push it in fully to seat it.  Make sure the point is on straight, and then strip off the glue behind the head before it cools with a fingernail.

[Swamp Yankee]

What kind of glue?

[Zradix]

Originally posted by snag:
Why don't you just wipe it off when gluing?

x2

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by Orion:
You may be using too much glue.  If you use hot melt on woodies, apply a little to the shaft.  Heat the head a little and put it on.  Heat it a little more and turn the shaft a few times as you push it in fully to seat it.  Make sure the point is on straight, and then strip off the glue behind the head before it cools with a fingernail.

X2 and I have a block of wood with a set of ball bearings(from skateboard wheels) screwed to the sides so I can spin the arrow. Also I drilled a hole in the block to set the head in (slightly snug) and spin the shaft in the head to spread the glue evenly. And I hammered an old 3bld broadhead into the wood, and wiggled it loose and use that to place BH in and spin shafts to spread evenly as well.

[rustyspike]

When I use hot melt I just peel of the excess with no problem after it cools. Comes right off.


Rich k.

[1Longbow]

Thanks for the answers. I've been using Ferr-L-tite and while I do wipe most of it off while warm theres always that glue residue at thetop of the point. Just trying to get a cleaner look

[Flinttim]

I just wipe it off while still hot with my finger and thumb.

[Swamp Yankee]

With Ferr-L-Tite you have to wipe it all off while it's still very hot or you'll just smear it around into a mess that is difficult to remove.  Alternatively, leave it alone until it's fully cooled off and it will usually all pop off easily with a fingernail.

[rustyspike]

I don't use FERR-L-Tite. Just hot melt from Wally World. I let it cool and a ring forms. Then it just rolls off with a pull. Looks like a washer around the head or point.

Rich K.

[Robertfishes]

When I used feraltite I would quickly wipe excess off with a rag when it was hot