What's this blue stuff mixed in with the epoxy?

[gordogolfer8]

So I am pulling wedge shafts to try the 8 iron spinner shaft trick and noticed this blue material inside the shaft. MG3 wedges ordered from TaylorMade. Is it a loctite type material? Also noticed the ferrules on the current shaft have the extra material to go inside the head. I ordered some from BB&F and they don't have that, which I knew. Will this affect anything?

Thanks for the help. Not my first time reshafting but don't remember a ferrule like that...but I could have just forgotten.

 

Jordon

Edited June 9 by gordogolfer8

[puresurfr]

That appears to be a plastic plug that they use to prevent epoxy from going into the shaft.....

[ode]

Probably a portion of the hosel stop.

Edited June 9 by ode

[gordogolfer8]

Interesting. Never heard of that. 

[ode]

26 minutes ago, gordogolfer8 said:

Interesting. Never heard of that. 

A guess on my part, and typically seen moreso on driver and fwy wood pulls where I've seen the hosel plug being plastic and can melt like that.

[bobfoster]

That is a sort of weird thing to see. I've re-shafted woods and irons (only for myself, don't do it for a living), but I don't think I've seen anything like that.

 

@ode is probably right. Something melted during extraction. But I don't get the blue color. Really wondering what it is.

[KillebrewKub]

It’s a standard plastic plug that they put in lieu of a tip weight to prevent epoxy going deep into the shaft. Doesn’t seem to make huge difference for steel but they have a bigger value for small diameter holes in graphite shafts where the epoxy can go inches into the shaft. 

[gordogolfer8]

Yeah I've only reshafted for myself and I've never seen anything like it. Just figured this would be the place to ask. 

 

It shouldn't matter that I don't replace back with the collard ferrules correct?

[iRod]

10 hours ago, gordogolfer8 said:

Yeah I've only reshafted for myself and I've never seen anything like it. Just figured this would be the place to ask. 

 

It shouldn't matter that I don't replace back with the collard ferrules correct?

It's more so a preventive measure on the mass production lines that companies like Callaway, Ping, and TaylorMade do. Nothing bad will happen if you don't replace it, as long as you don't over do the epoxy.

[Valtiel]

1 hour ago, iRod said:

It's more so a preventive measure on the mass production lines that companies like Callaway, Ping, and TaylorMade do. Nothing bad will happen if you don't replace it, as long as you don't over do the epoxy.

Yup that. Any epoxy that goes up the shaft and breaks off will rattle around which = likely warranty replacement + bad consumer vibes. If a tiny 2c plastic plug in the tip prevents that from happening then it's worth the effort. 

[Sparty4202]

20 hours ago, gordogolfer8 said:

So I am pulling wedge shafts to try the 8 iron spinner shaft trick and noticed this blue material inside the shaft. MG3 wedges ordered from TaylorMade. Is it a loctite type material? Also noticed the ferrules on the current shaft have the extra material to go inside the head. I ordered some from BB&F and they don't have that, which I knew. Will this affect anything?

Thanks for the help. Not my first time reshafting but don't remember a ferrule like that...but I could have just forgotten.

 

Jordon

Taylormade uses a blue plug in the end of the shaft to prevent epoxy from going up the shaft..not a big deal if you don’t use a plug. Also Taylormade use a collared ferrule for their irons, it’s helps center the shaft…also not necessary to use. 

[third-times-a-charm]

I've seen it hundreds of times. Always on OEM builds/pulls. Home builders and shop builders dont use them.

 

Callaway uses a white one on all their woods for example. I've seen blue and red as well.

[Nessism]

I'd drill that stuff out, so you don't get an airlock when gluing up the head.

[Golf Pig]

32 minutes ago, Nessism said:

I'd drill that stuff out, so you don't get an airlock when gluing up the head.

 

Definitely a smart idea. I've never used the plastic plugs - do they have a hole in them similar to a tip weight when installed brand new?

[gordogolfer8]

Thanks for all the feedback. Like I said, first time I had seen it, but maybe its because I've always played Titleist irons in the past, until recently. 

[iRod]

On 6/10/2024 at 2:03 AM, Valtiel said:

Yup that. Any epoxy that goes up the shaft and breaks off will rattle around which = likely warranty replacement + bad consumer vibes. If a tiny 2c plastic plug in the tip prevents that from happening then it's worth the effort. 

Epoxy rattling is easily remedied by using a grip saver like this to open up the back of the grip: https://www.golfworks.com/the-golfworks-grip-saver/p/saver/ or you could also just save/redo the grip and spill it out the shaft with a v-groove tool: https://www.golfworks.com/the-golfworks-v-groove-grip-removers/p/vggr/