Glue for reapplying cue tip

Pat Diveney told me to use Gorilla Super Glue, not the gel, so my search is over.

Nice thing about the Gorilla (polyurethane) glue is that:

1. It uses moisture (water) as its catalyst / hardening agent. So you don't have to worry about things being completely dry; in fact, you use water to get the glue to "wick" or follow the water into the material.

2. It expands as it cures, thus further following into / filling crevices, etc. Cyanoacrylate (CA) glues actually shrink when curing, and these have a tendency to "pull away" from material if the parts don't mate 100%. (This is also the reason why some tips may have a "clicking" noise, even though the CA glue bonded around the perimeter of the ferrule and tip. That is, there's a bubble or gap inside, which could've been caused by the tip or flat part of the ferrule being slightly concave, and the glue "pulled away" while curing.

Had a break cue where the Samsara tip kept popping off of the phenolic ferrule. Nothing done with CA made any difference, whether that be making the parts completely flat / mate perfectly, roughening the surfaces, etc. Switched to polyurethane glue (Elmer's in my case), and that tip never popped off again!

-Sean
 
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