# Gluing a kendama tip? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [March 6, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556 "2016-03-06T04:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eduardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Eduardo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eduardo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/1 "2016-03-06T04:32:45Z")
What glue do you have to exactly use. Be specific. ---
**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/2 "2016-03-06T04:38:47Z")
gorilla wood glue, gorilla super glue, really most super glues can work, some better than others. Spike armor if your fussy about it. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/3 "2016-03-07T15:00:13Z")
I just use whatever superglue I have around, seems to get the job done. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/4 "2016-03-07T16:38:37Z")
Generic Superglue has worked for me thus far, though I’m no kendama oldtimer or expert. ---
**Author:** ![GregB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GregB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregB)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/5 "2016-03-07T23:54:43Z")
Generic super glue. But I could imagine there being a difference with thin viscosity and thick viscosity glue. The standard stuff you buy at the hardware store is thin viscosity and it seems to work well. It soaks into the wood and flows easily so it tens not to leave a drip mark. I have a woodworking shop at home so I also had CA glue accelerator available. CA is Cyanoacrelate, which is what super glue is. The accelerator cures the glue instantly so I soaked the tip with glue, turned the Ken upside down to let any excess flow to the very tip, and then sprayed it with accelerator. It immediately hardened and I was done. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/6 "2016-03-08T01:42:12Z")
Sounds great… never knew there was CA accelerator! I have also used CA to repair voids in wood such as the fairly porous TMBR Eh and Baldwins I had. ---
**Author:** ![Mofoya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mofoya/32/7946_2.png) [@Mofoya](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mofoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/7 "2016-03-08T03:52:13Z")
Doesn’t plain ol water accelerate CA glue? Just apply the glue and mist. ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gluing-a-kendama-tip/79556/8 "2016-03-08T14:13:42Z")
The one I used is called Alteco, super glue. Use the kendama a bit first to blunt the tip a bit so it won’t stab the tama, sand it down smooth, then apply glue as thin as possible. Take a piece of paper or tissue then VERY quickly rub the tip against the paper in spinning motion back and forth, it will make a nice shiny layer of glue, repeat once or twice more if necessary. If you did it too slowly the paper might stick on the tip (easily fixable with sandpaper though).