Please correct me if i'm all-wet here but doesn't superglue work better with two smooth surfaces? When installing a tip is it better to lightly sand the tip or just leave it smooth as is? Thanks
Great point. Didn't even think about the being flat part.Another reason for sanding the tip is to get it absolutely flat. Many tips are not flat on the glue side out of the box.
My 2 cents
Gary
Face off the ferrule. Sand your tip on a flat surface, I use a granite surface plate and some 180 grit paper. Blow off dust and debris with compressed air. Before you glue, check that both surfaces are totally flat against each other. use some denatured alchol to remove any fingermarks or other contaminants, let it dry, the glue the tip on.
Please correct me if i'm all-wet here but doesn't superglue work better with two smooth surfaces? When installing a tip is it better to lightly sand the tip or just leave it smooth as is? Thanks
Face off the ferrule. Sand your tip on a flat surface, I use a granite surface plate and some 180 grit paper. Blow off dust and debris with compressed air. Before you glue, check that both surfaces are totally flat against each other. use some denatured alchol to remove any fingermarks or other contaminants, let it dry, the glue the tip on.
Face off the ferrule. Sand your tip on a flat surface, I use a granite surface plate and some 180 grit paper. Blow off dust and debris with compressed air. Before you glue, check that both surfaces are totally flat against each other. use some denatured alchol to remove any fingermarks or other contaminants, let it dry, the glue the tip on.
Please correct me if i'm all-wet here but doesn't superglue work better with two smooth surfaces? When installing a tip is it better to lightly sand the tip or just leave it smooth as is? Thanks
I understand eliminating the possible debris on the cue, but what’s the correlation between oil and super glue for finish bonding that makes it not viable for tips? Far too many threads on super glue finishes that mention oil prep. I find that a little skin oil from my nose rubbed on the tip and ferrule face before I glue a tip on has eliminated tips popping off for me. As in I’ve have zero failures since I’ve adopted this method. I used to use denatured alcohol to clean the ferrule after facing, I had failures with that method. Only failures I get now are from deformed thermoform plastic failures, or faulty tips. Glue bond remains strong.
And if you’re installing a malleable material tip, it doesn’t need to be perfectly flat. Just close enough. The glue will slightly expand the material through absorption and the pressure applied to the tip during glue up will cause the tip to form to the ferrule end anyways. Does not apply for backed tips, clear or fiber. Or the majority of break tips.