Hurling Repairs??

[PlayWithTheWind]

anyone any ideas were you can get information on how to repair sticks?

or what is the best glue? where it can be got etc etc

[rolloutking]

i hear there is a man in Belfast doing them for £3. Is this you by any chance?

[PlayWithTheWind]

no, sadly not me. at the minute i coulded glue my hands together. im just fed up of breaking sticks and not getting them repaired. so im going to have a go at trying to mix my own, but havnt a clue how to or what equipment to use.

[Punxsutawney Fergal]

Ask in your club, I know my club (probably like most clubs) have a guy who can repair hurleys.

[aontroim]

Have found TIGER SEAL to be the best of a few that have been tested in the past - strong and sets well but a little messy to work with like any kind of adhesive.

http://www.bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk/default.asp?go=1&shop=&dep=&cat=&prodid=3998 - but you can just buy it in a local motor factors place.

Buy a few g-clamps and apply one or 2 over the crack while the glue sets.
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=16090&MAN=Draper-4-Piece-G-Clamp-Set

Also a small handheld belt sander is useful for removing the excess glue and smoothing everything off before re-banding (if needed).

[PlayWithTheWind]

cheers boys, keep the advice coming! 

[rolloutking]

There was a programe on RTE a few months ago called Hands and it featured Dowlings in Kilkenny and showed your man fixing the sticks with the pins and how to cut the new piece etc. You could check the programme archives and see if RTE have it.

[heurebag]

well wat u do is

get a lock glue sur, n slab er all over the hurl

n then sur jus leave er on a radiator

n ur done sur

[whiskeysteve]

heurebag you are my all time hero

[thedestroyer]

hes rite though, get a lock o glue, n u cud even leave er out on the clothesline