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Title: Goat Tuff question
Post by: creekwood on October 28, 2015, 08:28:00 PM
Has anybody else ever gotten a bottle of Goat Tuff that won't cure out no matter how long the wait time?  This is a .5 oz bottle of the premium glue that seems worthless.  Goat Tuff has long been my preferred adhesive for fletching arrows but this bottle just won't cure.  Very frustrating!
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: 30coupe on October 28, 2015, 08:43:00 PM
The last bottle I bought was the same way, so I went back to fletch tape for feathers. I hope that doesn't mean they changed their formula for the worse.
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: 30coupe on October 28, 2015, 08:43:00 PM
Don't know why that doubled up on me.    :confused:
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: Tedd on October 28, 2015, 09:22:00 PM
Yes, my last bottle was bad also. I don't know if it is available anymore? When it was good I put inserts in with it and glued steel broadhead adapters to the broadheads. It really worked well. Inserts and broad heads never came loose.
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: 8upbowhunter on October 29, 2015, 06:18:00 AM
I also had a bottle that was bad a year or so ago. I have since switched to Loctite ultra gel with great results and the best part is you can get it almost anywhere, Home Depot, Lowes etc.
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: gvdocholiday on October 29, 2015, 10:16:00 AM
Yep.  Shelf life is not long.

I now use smaller bottles of Bohning Blazer Bond which works well with the goattuff accelerator spray.  The quill adsorbs just a bit of the glue before fully cured in a matter of seconds.  I can fletch an arrow and shoot it within three minutes.  Bohning is only 30miles away so I get the fresh stuff.
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: amicus on October 29, 2015, 12:21:00 PM
Yes, it has happened to me. I bought my last bottle from Nocking Point and he sent me another that worked fine. For fletching I started using fletch tape and for gluing inserts/broadhead adapters I started using Gorilla super glue.

Gilbert
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: creekwood on November 01, 2015, 07:27:00 PM
Well, I ordered a bottle of "Instant Arrow Glue" from Footed Shaft, a sponsor here on Trad Gang. The product is from a company out of Illinois called Pine Ridge Archery.  It works great, adhering in less than 10 seconds.  That watered down oily mess in the Goat Tuff bottle went into the trash.
Title: Re: Goat Tuff question
Post by: culleng on November 01, 2015, 07:45:00 PM
Instant arrow glue sounds like a good deal. I will have to try some.