How To SuperGlue a spike?

Lately I've been putting one coat of super glue followed by two part epoxy. Holds up well so far.




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It's a 2 part epoxy made for hard materials like rocks, ceramic, brick etc. It took a fair amount of experimentation to find one that dried like hard plastic not rubber cement. When I coat them it's the consistency of honey so I hang them upside down so any excess goes to the point. Sometimes they will drip off the excess sometimes it will just extend a bit past the actual wood tip and leave that "crystal ball" effect. If there is too much I'll just sand it down to leave 0.5-1mm above the wood.

Here are some just finished drying today. I'll be trimming/sanding probably all but the far right one.

 

Make sure you are careful with the A + B mixing to make them as equal as you can and wait plenty of time to dry. If you have too much of one or the other sometimes you'll end up with a bit of sticky, not quite dry feeling, texture but that can usually be fixed with a bit of talc. You may have to reapply the powder once in a while but it generally works OK. You'll know if the epoxy isn't the right kind because after it's dry it will feel like the sole of your shoe. If you can press your fingernail into the epoxy it's too rubbery and will eventually peel and will make spiking harder because it won't slip as well into the tama hole. The only good thing about the rubbery kind is that it's usually pretty simple to remove. Just scrape the edge until you can peel it off. You also might need to touch up the tip with sandpaper before trying another glue. I've been putting one thin coat of superglue then the epoxy.