Anyone use Bohning Insert Iron for carbon arrows? Have any of you had problems with it? I have been using it and for a few months now and am not impressed. I have already had to re-glue a few inserts that have come loose. Now in the past three days I have lost two inserts/points inside my target. I am very diligent when it comes to prep while building my arrows, I run a wire brush inside of the carbon shaft and thoroughly clean inside with denatured alcohol, then wipe insert with the alcohol as well before gluing. The Insert Iron doesn’t seem to bond to the carbon very well, the arrows the inserts have come out of show no sign of ever being glued. I am seriously considering switching to 24 hr golf club shafting epoxy.

I have never used that brand. I’ve use Gorilla gel on them with good results. I use low temp melt now which works best for me.

Never lost a head with- Ferr-l-tite hot melt. Use it on wood, aluminium, and carbon. You can change heads at any time and it cuts down on inventory. >>>-----> Ken

Yep, I've never needed anything but hot melt, and even use the cheapest that craft stores sell. I don't lose points from any of my arrows. I think if folks learned how to use it properly (most use way too much) they would find it works well.

Me too, George. It is a learning process. Just like anything else.

I find Big Jim's hot melt to be the best.I tried insert iron once years ago and was not impressed

I tried it once but it was just too much trouble. It takes like 24 hours to cure and worse as it cures your inserts want to slowly creep out. I figured well maybe it will be worth it but I found the inserts would come out in targets too often to make it worth all of the fuss. Really you cant beat hot melt,even on carbons. I have been using the blue low temp stuff on carbons and have been very happy with it,as well as Gorilla hot melt sticks. Easy to use,almost instant cure time and easy to remove and for me holds as good or better than anything else. I always carry a Gorilla stick and a lighter in my pack for repairs in the field as well. I don't think I will ever use epoxy type glues again. Good luck. David

Same experience. The stuffs junk as far as I'm concerned. All I use now is hot melt. Just be careful with carbon getting too hot. If you can find it Big Jim has a short video on glueing inserts using hot melt with carbon.

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