Now we’ll use the razor to form the tip and then refine the shape using a radius tool with 40-grit and 80-grit sandpaper. This helps prevent mushrooming of the tip. Use the loctite 495 instant adhesive to apply a thin layer to the outside of the tip. Next we’ll follow that up with 500 grit and then 600 grit. Using the micrometer, check the diameter of the tip to ensure that it is flush with the shaft. We’ll now sand with 320 grit sandpaper and check. Avoid sanding the vault plate and the Carbon Composite Shaft. We’ll start with carefully trimming the excess. With our tip now dry we can turn it down. We’ll now wait one minute for it to set and be ready to turn it and shape the tip. Avoid getting excess glue on the carbon composite shaft’s surface, the tape should help protect from this. Now we’ll bring up our tip and wipe any excess glue off.
Wrap the carbon composite shaft, vault plate, and half of the tip silencer with a piece of tape to protect from glue spillage. With our tip prepped and existing V-tek tip silencer ready we apply our Loctite super glue gel. Step 3 - Installing the Tip onto the V-tek Tip Silencer: Next we’re going to clean the scuffed tip face with alcohol and blow it dry ensuring its clean. With our super glue dry, we’re now going to scuff the glue side in a figure 8 on 400 grit sandpaper, allowing us to remove any high spots that could prevent a solid bond with the V-tek tip silencer. You want to spread the glue around the entire face so it is absorbed into the leather’s pores. Now that we have some nice clean open pores we’re going to apply our Loctite super glue gel to the tip. By blowing it out using our compressed air, we get the pores nice and open. Looking closely you can see the tip needs to be cleaned. Step 2 - Preparing the Tip to be paired with the existing V-tek Tip Silencer: Now we’ll apply a little alcohol to the face of the silencer so we have a nice clean surface. Do not cut the black or white vault plate that is after the red tip silencer When done correctly, the silencer should last indefinitely. Leave three-thousandths of inch the old tip intact. You may notice we’re being very aggressive here as you can see how well the tip stays bonded. We want to replace the tip without removing or damaging the red tip silencer. Here is an old tip that needs to be replaced.
Always check the specifications for the product you’re working on to ensure the vault plate and v-tek tip silencer thickness are within spec before removing any material. Replacing the silencer forces us to remove vital material from the face of the vault plate which over time could reduce front-end strength and durability.
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