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Tip top reinstall
Posted by: Mark Brown (---.tic.va.gov)
Date: January 17, 2018 01:43PM

Getting close to finishing this build. Guides are wrapped (half double foot/half single). Tip top has been installed with glue but not happy with its alignment. Off just a bit. I'd like to re-position the tip top. Is it best to heat it , pull it off , perhaps put a little more glue and install again or warm it up while on blank and re-position. I'm thinking the latter but want to see what you guys would do. Any concerns for the glue bond weakening after repeatedly heating it up. II will align the guides a little better after getting the tip top positioned correctly. Thanks, Mark

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Re: Tip top reinstall
Posted by: Robert A. Guist (---.dhcp.embarqhsd.net)
Date: January 17, 2018 02:05PM

Hello Mark.

You say you installed it with "GLUE", what kind of glue?

Tip top cement can be heated and readjusted but I would be leary of doing that with Epoxy Glues.

Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

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Re: Tip top reinstall
Posted by: Norman Miller (---.sub-174-235-132.myvzw.com)
Date: January 17, 2018 02:24PM

I never use epoxy for installing tip tops, makes it more difficult to remove them. Use tip top cement as mentioned by Bob,
Norm

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Re: Tip top reinstall
Posted by: John Cates (---.sub-174-207-9.myvzw.com)
Date: January 17, 2018 02:37PM

Our tip top adhesive works great and is easy to re-position or remove with heat. Strong enough for big offshore rods...

Here is a video:
[flexcoat.com]

Flex Coat Company
Professional Rod Building Supplies
www.flexcoat.com

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Re: Tip top reinstall
Posted by: Mark Brown (---.tic.va.gov)
Date: January 17, 2018 02:47PM

Sorry, It is tip-top ferrule cement from mudhole

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Re: Tip top reinstall
Posted by: Michael Danek (---.alma.mi.frontiernet.net)
Date: January 17, 2018 05:07PM

That is a "hot melt" type adhesive. Epoxy is different in that two parts react chemically and re-heating will not work. You are, in my opinion, using the right stuff. Removing or re-aligning a tip top that is glued with epoxy is a real challenge. Since you used the right stuff, reheating gently is the way to go, no problem. Since you are a newbie, you may not realize how little heat is needed. Just a few seconds on the edge of a lighter and it will be loose enough to re-align.

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