Removing sealed-in chalk from ferrules
- Thread starter hdgis1
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Chris I don't know if you are talking about the edge of the ferrule where the tip meets the ferrule or if you are talking about the entire ferrule itself. But in some cases this is caused by the ferule material itself. Some ferrule material is porous and all the small holes in the material get filled with chalk dust. If this is the case the only thing you do is change the ferrule or try and sand the stain out.
If you are talking about where the tip touches the ferrule and there is a blue spot that doesn't want to go away, this is caused by the tip not being flush with the ferrule at that location. To fix it just flush the tip up with the ferrule and lightly sand with some 1000 grit and the blue will go away.
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hdgis1
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Craig - Im talking about the first 1/16" or so immediately behind the ferrule. That small area where the glue bleeds out as pressure is applied to the new tip.
When I do a tip, I remove the old, clean the ferrule (usually with magic eraser and HUT plastic polish), face the end of ferrule, tape it off, then put on the new tip. Once the tip is on, I use wax to seal the ferrule and 'burnish' the tip. Even after getting a nice shiny white ferrule, sometimes there is a blue ring at the tip end that cant be removed because its old chalk dust that was sealed in when another tip man replaced the tip.
Im a big fan of not sanding ferrules with anything unless Im installing a new one. Would debonder or acetone dissolve the superglue without damaging most ferrule materials?
Chris
When I do a tip, I remove the old, clean the ferrule (usually with magic eraser and HUT plastic polish), face the end of ferrule, tape it off, then put on the new tip. Once the tip is on, I use wax to seal the ferrule and 'burnish' the tip. Even after getting a nice shiny white ferrule, sometimes there is a blue ring at the tip end that cant be removed because its old chalk dust that was sealed in when another tip man replaced the tip.
Im a big fan of not sanding ferrules with anything unless Im installing a new one. Would debonder or acetone dissolve the superglue without damaging most ferrule materials?
Chris
I wrap thread tape tightly on the ferrule and cut through it when removing the old tip. Face through it when facing the ferrule for the prep.
Glue on the new tip, trim to the tape, remove the remainder of the tape and trim to the ferrule size.
No glue on the ferrule, no sanding of the ferrule either.
Neil
I use the thin teflon thread plumbers tape.
Ceelon brand seems to be the best .07mm thick. Nothings gets under it and not much will stick to it either.
It does not remove chalk, but stops glue etc getting on the ferrule.
Great 'tip' using the teflon tape...:thumbup:
One of those "Why didn't I think of that!" moments.
Thanks for sharing.
And Acetone will remove super glue residue well; however it melts just about all man-made ferrule materials, so it is VERY risky unless you know exactly what you are working with.
One of those "Why didn't I think of that!" moments.
Thanks for sharing.
And Acetone will remove super glue residue well; however it melts just about all man-made ferrule materials, so it is VERY risky unless you know exactly what you are working with.
