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Title: cleaning broadheads
Post by: b44mag on December 18, 2011, 07:04:00 PM
hey guys i got some old used broadheads
they have glue on them
could i just boil them to get them clean or would that mess with the hardness of them or ? else. let me know wether to make broadhead soup or not.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: JamesKerr on December 18, 2011, 07:08:00 PM
I would use acetone. It takes glue right off of anything.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: b44mag on December 18, 2011, 07:11:00 PM
sounds good to me have to go get some and clean up some old woodsmans and snuffers.
i did not even think of that thanks
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: BOWMARKS on December 18, 2011, 07:19:00 PM
The glue is most likely hot melt glue,a little heat will not hurt them as this is the way the glue was applied.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: magnus on December 18, 2011, 08:06:00 PM
Go to the how to section. There's a thread in there about cleaning out heads.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: Coiloil37 on December 19, 2011, 02:20:00 AM
I use a bore brush in a drill, then acetone then a little flame from a torch. Just be sure to hold the head with pliers while using the drill.... I learned that the hard way.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: don_h on December 19, 2011, 02:32:00 AM
I don't think that a boil is enough heat to do damage, but I do like acetone.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: toddster on December 19, 2011, 06:26:00 PM
LIke other said likely hotmelt.  try putting one on a shaft and see, I switch mine out and have glue on them all time, don't clean them just heat, hotmelt, quench shaft and kill game.
Title: Re: cleaning broadheads
Post by: 30coupe on December 19, 2011, 07:10:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by toddster:
LIke other said likely hotmelt.  try putting one on a shaft and see, I switch mine out and have glue on them all time, don't clean them just heat, hotmelt, quench shaft and kill game.
Same here. If it's hot melt it will just blend in with the new hot melt. If it is epoxy, you will have to resort to the acetone though.