Hot melt on carbons???

[allan f]

So can you us hot melt glue for carbons if you don't heat the shaft just the insert with the glue hot and apply into the shaft?  Reason I ask is that I used some Smooth On epoxy for my inserts and have had a couple kick out a little with hard hits.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Allan

[George D. Stout]

The beauty of inserts is to be able to use them over again if necessary.  I have used hot melt on carbons a few years ago (Carbonwoods) and it worked fine.  Every now and then you pop one loose with a hard hit, but you can glue it again.

It doesn't take much heat to melt hotmelt, just use enough to get the job done and you will be fine.

[tippit]

I'll only use hot melt for the same reasons George stated.  I don't care if I lose a head every now & again.  But I sure like the ability to remove the insert easily if needed with out destroying the shaft with too much heat...Doc

[Smallwood]

You can use hot melt on carbons. I have for probably the last 10 years.
Do Not just heat the insert alone...
screw in a field point and heat only the field point.
use the search function on here for holt melt on carbons and it will give u some good pointers on how to do it.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

I've been using hotmelt on carbon since I shot the old Beman Hunters back in '93. No problems so far.

[WestTnMan]

I use it too. I do as everyone else and heat the point. Once inserted though I stick the tip in a bottle of water to disipate the heat. Brass inserts stay hot a long time and heat is what messes with carbon. I don't know if that makes a difference or not but it can't hurt and I do it every time. Mine hold fine.

[Smallwood]

I forgot to mention what westtnman suggested.
I have an old flower vase full of water, as soon as i'm done mounting, it goes straight in the water and stays there until I have completed all the arrows.
after that, any excess glue that was sqeezed out can very easily be peeled off of the insert/point with your fingers.