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Originally Posted by gpblue8
I noticed on a couple of my irons today the ferrules are loose. What's the best type of glue to use on these? Thanks.
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Just use regular shafting epoxy to re-glue them in place.
I usually notice such things when I'm cleaning my clubs and when I notice a loose ferrule, this is what I do:
I heat the ferrule under really hot water (don't use a blow dryer because you can easily melt the ferrule) so that I can slide it even farther up the shaft - away from the hosel so that about an inch of shaft is exposed between the top of the hosel and the ferrule itself.
Next, after I've finished cleaning the rest of my clubs (there's no rush to fix the ferrules after all), I dry everything off and I take whatever club (or clubs) that have a loose ferrule out to the garage, and I get a piece of medium-grit emery cloth and I rough up the exposed shaft area as I would if I were preparing a shaft tip for installation.
Then I mix up some shafting epoxy (I only use 24-hr epoxy, but any shafting or high-shear strength epoxy will do) and I apply it liberally to the exposed shaft. The epoxy acts as a lubricant and I can then slide the ferrule back into position. I move the ferrule around until I get an even amount of excess epoxy oozing from the seam between the ferrule and the hosel and after setting the ferrule against the hosel I then simply wipe off any excess epoxy with an acetone-soaked paper towel (one wipe around the shaft/ferrule) and then I set it aside to cure.
Once cured, if there's any excess epoxy still visible (usually there isn't), I sand that off with fine emery cloth and re-wipe everything with acetone to polish the ferrule and that's it.
Loose ferrules are common and if they're there, they always turn up while washing the clubs because the hot water expands the ferrules and they move more easily. I've come to expect to find one now and then and I always keep a small amount of epoxy handy for occasionally having to re-glue them.
Hope this helps!
-JP