Re: ShopTalk: Fast set epoxy

[Alan Brooks]

The problem with quick setting epoxy is that they have lower initial strength, deteriorate more rapidly and are more brittle.  This means that they are more liable to fail down the road and the failure is more likely to be abrupt (picture the head going further than the ball).  If you are going to use them for a 'quick fix', redo it at the earliest convenience.  I have heard that the tour vans use a quickset but it may be very different than what you get at HD or Golfsmith (there are more variations in epoxies than in women).  I know Dynacraft strongly discourages their use (I've had this discussion on their forum).  Caveat Emptor.

Alan Brooks



At 10:24 AM 1/28/03 -0800, you wrote:

Hi;
 
I rarely use quickset epoxy, mostly because a lot of it I've tried didn't work as well as I expected. However, I came upon some last week. Its called, simply,  "SHAFTS Quick Epoxy"  The label includes the info, "Bill Johnson, 319 Santa Clara Circle, Lady Lake, FL 32159, 1-800-771-7467.
 
I'm not promoting this stuff and I don't know who the guy is, but I'll tell ya, this stuff works! I stuck a graphite shaft in a fairway metal, waited 10 minutes and then hit a dozen balls, swinging as hard as I could. The head is on solidly. I also put a steel shaft in a 9 iron head, and another graphite in a driver head. I got the same results. The heads stayed on solid as any 24 hr stuff I've used. I suppose time will tell but I'm impressed so far.
 
TFlan