Truth
I glued some spectra-ply in a piece of Osage Orange (Bodark) and turned
a call...so far I haven't got any ducks to respond...This was the first time that I have used any of the 5 min epoxy and am well pleased with how it seems to be holding...the finish is CA.....in hind sight I wished I had left the band off...
The word I got in the Cue makers world is the 5 min epoxy fails after about 5 years .
Please take in consideration that pool cues hit balls and are subject to pressures and vibrations .
But before jumping on either side of if the 5 minute epoxy actually does fail or not .
Understanding how epoxy works and dries is really important .
5 minute epoxy means it has 5 minutes working time .
Then it starts to harden up and drying time is normally 12 hours or more .
The part I don't care about 5 minute epoxy is it viscosity .
When it comes to epoxy I want lowest viscosity of epoxy on the market .
Main reason is I want the epoxy to flow into the water pores of the wood .
Then I want slow drying epoxy like west systems , 1 hour working time and 24 hour set time and sometime 4 to 5 days full cure time .
That means The epoxy has 1 hour to flow into the wood pores VS 5 minutes .
I believe that is extremely important .
From the experience I have using epoxy and certain plastics phenolic melamine , micarta and other man made materials as ferrule material on pool cues epoxy is doesn't bond good enough to with stand the impact .
Personally I use super glue on most all man made materials .
I am not above using rubber cement ..
I thought some of this info might be slightly enlightening.