Glue for replacing tips?

[myshootinstinks]

My first real hunting bow given to me by my Dad some 45 years ago is in need of some TLC. Beginning with a cracked tip overlay that I need to file off & replace. What hardware store glue do you recommend? I also have in my shop some Brownells Acra-glas epoxy.

[Pat B]

Gel super glue should work fine for replacing the tip overlays. What do you plan to use for the overlay?

[Wolftrail]

I second the super glue.

[myshootinstinks]

I may find some micarta and do a couple of layers with that along with some kind of hardwood. I'd have thought super-glue would be somewhat brittle after curing. Gel or regular?

[macbow]

Gel is better, it has some gap filling.

[macbow]

Gel is better, it has some gap filling.

[jess stuart]

The Gorilla brand super glue is really good get the one with the blue top it says impact resistant. It is the best of the super glues I have ever used.

[Sixby]

Second with the Gorilla high impact , blue cap.
Never lost an overlay using it and have used it since it first came out.
Do not over use but on tips I use two fine lines down each side of the overlay and across each end
Then clamp and let set an hour.

God bless, Steve

[Pat B]

I've never had good luck keeping Gorilla super glue from hardening in the container after opening. I rarely get a second use from it so I don't buy it any more. I've use most super glues from the cheapest to the more expensive and never had a glue failure.

[JamesV]

The best deal I have found on super glue is at Wally World. The black tubes, 4 for $1.57.

James

[Crooked Stic]

You have to buy the big bottles so there is air in there to keep it from going bad.X2 on blue cap Gorilla glue.

[Walt Francis]

Pat,

Buy the big bottles of super glue and store it upside down, it works for all glues.  It is the same method I use for storing tongue & tru oil.  The air in the bottle will cure a layer of the glue, but everything below it will be fine.  Also, squeezing all the air from the bottle before putting the cap on help keep the glue from curing.

I had a series of glass bows a few years back that had problems with the overlays when using super glue, both thin and gel types. I started making the phenolic and wood thinner and went to smooth-on and haven't had any issues since.  I never had any problems using super glue with big horn sheep, antelope, or bison horns, just phenolic and wood.  I used Zap-a-Gap super glue for years and never had a single issue, unfortunately it is no longer available.

[Pat B]

Walt, I do that with Tru-Oil. I've never had the hardening problem with any other super glue except the Gorilla brand.

[Overspined]

I have gone completely to smooth on but used to use super glue and never had a failure from gel. I just don't like how it looks vs smooth on.