Quick question about glue

[BK 0]

What kind of glue is used on wood hockey blades? I went to Home Depot and couldnt find anything that resembled it.

Thanks ahead of time.

[thejackal 46]

hot melt glue, try to get the yellow "extra strength" kind. A strip of tape over the hosel works just as well, if not better though.

[#96 0]

Glue to insert into a shaft, or glue to hold together the blade itself?

I always thought they used some sort of epoxy when making blades.

[#28 0]

You can use glue sticks that are made for hot glue guns. Buy the high temperature kind because it is a little bit stronger and it allows you more time to put the hosel into the shaft before it hardens.

[golfpuck 0]

ask for hot melt glue sticks... the thicker ones are easier to use if you dont use the glue gun

in usa

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=prod...T300&lpage=none

in canada

http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortments/pro...fromSearch=true

[Chadd 916]

I don't like the short ones, I burn my fingers too much. I use the foot long glue sticks.

[thenizzle 0]

just use a heat gun, much better than friggen glue guns they suck

[Chadd 916]

just use a heat gun, much better than friggen glue guns they suck

I use a heat gun, but you need glue too.

[logan 0]

I don't like the short ones, I burn my fingers too much. I use the foot long glue sticks.

I prefer the longs ones too. But if you are stuck with short ones, or before they get too short, just melt the tips of two sticks and weld them together. Voila, a longer glue stick!

Before I has shown them this simple tip, the kids in the shop used to burn their fingers all the time too, and would also just throw out half the glue stick because it was "unusable".

[Project_2501 0]

just use a heat gun, much better than friggen glue guns they suck

I use a heat gun, but you need glue too.

I think he means to use the heat gun to melt up the glue too.

[Chadd 916]

just use a heat gun, much better than friggen glue guns they suck

I use a heat gun, but you need glue too.

I think he means to use the heat gun to melt up the glue too.

That'sexactly what I do but the short glue sticks get your hands too close to the heat.

[BK 0]

Awesome. Thanks for the help guys. I was about to buy some quick bond stuff but thought that it wouldnt be very stable and it would probably perm. bond the shaft and blade.

[Project_2501 0]

just use a heat gun, much better than friggen glue guns they suck

I use a heat gun, but you need glue too.

I think he means to use the heat gun to melt up the glue too.

That'sexactly what I do but the short glue sticks get your hands too close to the heat.

Try cutting a sliver off of the stick [of glue], and lay it sideways on the hosel, balance it on there and heat it up to stick to the hosel of the blade. Let it harden (heat again later), rotate the blade, rinse and repeat. Should do the trick.

[Chadd 916]

just use a heat gun, much better than friggen glue guns they suck

I use a heat gun, but you need glue too.

I think he means to use the heat gun to melt up the glue too.

That'sexactly what I do but the short glue sticks get your hands too close to the heat.

Try cutting a sliver off of the stick [of glue], and lay it sideways on the hosel, balance it on there and heat it up to stick to the hosel of the blade. Let it harden (heat again later), rotate the blade, rinse and repeat. Should do the trick.

Or use a longer glue stick and be done in 1/4 the time

[Steveo 0]

or just designate a pair of cheap needle nose pliers for holding on to the glue stick

[Reaper 0]

One thing you can do if you get short glue sticks is to take a leftover piece of buttend and put a 3 inch drywall screw through it in a T-pattern. Wrap the buttend with tape and you have a handy glue stick holder so you don't get your hand burned when gluing blades or buttends.

[westcoastsniper 0]

Hey all, first time poster, long time lurker.

I've been gluing my sticks for awhile now, I use standard shafts (w/standard blades) and tapered shafts/broken ops' and I'm wondering if there's possibly a better way to stick the tenon in there? I know I can get the stronger yellow glue and all that, but I'm wondering if it would be possible to use blue loctite?

I only ask this because while I'm a fan of having a wood blade and a carbon fibre shaft I'm just getting tired of re-gluing tenon every couple of games.

As well I use a small strip of tape on the tenon as well, its helped, but yeah blue loctite?

What do the pros use? or do they just change stick at first sign of clicking/looseness?

[Jarick 5]

Why do you need to re-glue after every game?

If you have a decent fit, you should only have to glue it once. If it's loose, try a strip of tape on the tenon to cover the gap, then some glue to hold it in place.

[Chadd 916]

Hey all, first time poster, long time lurker.

I've been gluing my sticks for awhile now, I use standard shafts (w/standard blades) and tapered shafts/broken ops' and I'm wondering if there's possibly a better way to stick the tenon in there? I know I can get the stronger yellow glue and all that, but I'm wondering if it would be possible to use blue loctite?

I only ask this because while I'm a fan of having a wood blade and a carbon fibre shaft I'm just getting tired of re-gluing tenon every couple of games.

As well I use a small strip of tape on the tenon as well, its helped, but yeah blue loctite?

What do the pros use? or do they just change stick at first sign of clicking/looseness?

My first thought is that perhaps the shaft was overheated, making it too large for the blade. If you can't get a good fit with just glue or by adding a strip of tape, there is something wrong with your blades or the shafts.

[westcoastsniper 0]

nah, that ain't it, they all have good fits and I use tape on the tenon, maybe I'm exaggerating re-gluing every couple of games, I like to curve my blades (xxx-lite blades rock) but generally its a feel thing, like when I really lean into a snap shot or slapper and the feeling I get is the tenon hitting the inside wall of the shaft if that makes any sense? I've never really used two-pieces before preferring woodies and ops' so I suppose that might be a trade-off for having the whole wood/carbon set-up.

anyway thanks for the response and now for my tinkering mind, blue loctite, do you think it would work, or fail miserably?

[Neal 41]

anyway thanks for the response and now for my tinkering mind, blue loctite, do you think it would work, or fail miserably?

Total fail and if you are really unlucky it will damage the shaft. Not likely, but loctite will soften some plastics so it may do some evil to the shaft. Loctite is for very tight tolerances anyway and likely wouldn't do you any good in this application.

[Hooah4 12]

anyway thanks for the response and now for my tinkering mind, blue loctite, do you think it would work, or fail miserably?

Total fail and if you are really unlucky it will damage the shaft. Not likely, but loctite will soften some plastics so it may do some evil to the shaft. Loctite is for very tight tolerances anyway and likely wouldn't do you any good in this application.

Doesn't loctite expand a little bit also? Loctite+shaft=bad idea (IMO).

[westcoastsniper 0]

ok, good to know, didn't know it would have totally adverse affects, good thing too cause I was just heading to the local home depot to get a hacksaw and probably would have looked for the loctite... Idle hands y'know.

[rogue 0]

I don't think Loc-tite would work too well on something that isn't threaded, though I may be wrong, but from the way I understand loctite to work (adhesive encapsulated by some polymer like substance) the pressure/friction of the screw threads as they are screwed in is what makes dried loc-tite ("blue paint") activate as an adhesive. Probably wouldn't work too well on a blade, but you never know...

[GSH13 0]

nah, that ain't it, they all have good fits and I use tape on the tenon, maybe I'm exaggerating re-gluing every couple of games, I like to curve my blades (xxx-lite blades rock) but generally its a feel thing, like when I really lean into a snap shot or slapper and the feeling I get is the tenon hitting the inside wall of the shaft if that makes any sense? I've never really used two-pieces before preferring woodies and ops' so I suppose that might be a trade-off for having the whole wood/carbon set-up.

anyway thanks for the response and now for my tinkering mind, blue loctite, do you think it would work, or fail miserably?

Grab the blade of the stick...not holding onto the shaft and give it a shake. If it wiggles...its loose. If not..your good and there's really not a whole lot you can do to improve anything.

I've had some trouble getting a blade to stay in my XXXX shaft. I dunno if it was overheated or what, but I've tried 3 different tapered blades (including the XXXX tapered blade) and a couple kind of glues, and the tape on the tenon trick without any success. After every couple games the blade would come loose. May not have been the best idea, but I used some industrial strength epoxy. The kind in two tubes you have to mix together. And loaded that on there. Obviously the blade will never come out again, but after a few weeks its still in there solid and I haven't snapped the stick at the tenon like I expected. .. I'm sure everyone will have a few colorful opinions on that idea though :P