Gold Tip Glue

[doeboy]

I just received a dozen Gold tip trads and they recomend a specific type of glue? they say not to use hot melt. Is this a sales pitch to sell gold tip glue, or is it legit?

Any one with real world experiance with these arrows please let me know what you found.

Thanks,
Red

[Alexander Traditional]

I've never heard that,but I use the heck out of Big Jim's hot melt glue and never had a problem.

[Rick Butler]

I use JB Weld on my GT inserts.  I tried hot melt and lost a few tips and inserts when it failed.

[Longbow58]

Big Jim's low temp glue,clean shaft with qtip and alcohol. Just switched to this glue and it works great. You do not not need a lot of heat to melt it. I use a candle. Don't heat your insert much. Call him he will walk you through it. Bought mine at Denton. Good luck.

[Ron Vought]

I use the Gold Tip- Tip Grip glue on my brass inserts. Best glue I have ever used for inserts. It really does work for inserts.

Ron

[Alexander Traditional]

Originally posted by Alexander Traditional:
I've never heard that,but I use the heck out of Big Jim's hot melt glue and never had a problem.

I also have had real good luck with Gorilla glue super glue.

[Stump73]

BigJim hot melt is what I use. Haven't had an inset pull out yet.

All I shoot is Gold Tip XT Hunter black shafts, and all I use for inserts is the Quick Stick hot melt glue from Big Jims. Never had any issue!

Bisch

[Bladepeek]

Nearly all my arrows are GTs and I'm constantly playing with length, weight, etc. I use hot melt glue and have never had it fail. I'm wondering if that advice from GT is to prevent heavy handed guys from heating the shaft too hot and creating a possible liability?

I use a propane torch turned way down to where it will just stay lit. I heat the point slowly until the insert finally frees up and out it comes. That stops the heat to the shaft once the point and insert come out. I've never had a shaft fail at the tip.

[The Whittler]

Big Jim's the way to go. Go on his page and watch the video he does on the glue.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I have never had an issue with Big Jims glue.

[doeboy]

Thanks for all the replies!

[96ssportsp]

Funny...ironic, I tried hot melt and was constantly losing tips/inserts. Now use super glue or JB Weld epoxy. Good luck, Scott.

[Possum Head]

Bladepeek nailed it. G/T doesn't want customers compromising integrity by overheating. I always heat my tips a little and pull while doing so with no issues. Hot melt is my fav.

[njloco]

Big Jim's hot melt, good stuff!

[shedhunta]

Gorilla glue impact tough.  Blue lid available at the big home store.  Never had an insert come out.

[BigJim]

There are those who don't ever loose inserts and they use "***" kind of glue. Why are they successful and others aren't? I can't say.
What I can say is not all hot melt is created equal. Yes, there are other types that will probably work just as well, but I can't say until it is tried and proven to be good or bad...by then you will be plenty frustrated.

We have been very successful with the quick stick that we choose to use several thousand times a year. Just don't use any more heat than necessary and never apply heat to the shaft.

Last year we sold over 4000 dz GT's and if you requested us to install inserts, we used our quick stick...No, we didn't clean the shaft. If there was an issue, we were never informed of one...not that came back to me at least.

When we used the Gold Tip tip grip, we would get dozens of calls a year and back then we did clean shafts before installing inserts.

Thanks ya'll, BigJim

[johnnyk71]

Originally posted by shedhunta:
Gorilla glue impact tough.  Blue lid available at the big home store.  Never had an insert come out.

this. blue top Gorilla glue. works great. if you need to pull one out, screw on a field point, apply a little heat to it with a candle, and pull it out with pliers.

[Smallwood]

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[bbold]

I've all ways used plaine old hot melt glue from Lowes and have never cleaned my shafts and have never had one pull out unless I put heat to it

James