How should I clean epoxy out of the insert that goes in an arrow shaft?
I've glued in some inserts with the Nijora two component glue (hard to 200 °C). However, as they've a hole in the "ceiling", some glue got into the insert. It sticks to the thread now. I'm not able to screw in my points.
How to get this glue out of my insert and thus from the thread?
One thing I thought about was heating an old point and screwing it in, so that the glue loosens. However, I'm afraid that I'll also loosen the glue holding the insert in place in the shaft.
As wished ...
... Explanation for lay people:
An insert is a thing you put in the arrow shaft. It is glued to the inner "wall". The insert has a thread. This thread is used to screw in a point. There are several different points for different uses. In my case I need to screw in a field tip to practice shooting on common targets or a broadhead to hunt.
As I glued the insert in, some glue reached the thread. As you can imagine, it's kind of hard to screw in my point if the thread is covered by epoxy.
These are inserts:
Inserts with screwed in points:
Inserts are put in the shaft like this:
Normally you can just heat up your shaft (if it's carbon) to loosen the insert and you can get it out. However, I just want to remove the glue inside the insert. I'm afraid that the whole insert will suffer if I heat the shaft.
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