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It is difficult when it is colder. I always used a wallpaper stripping heat gun to warm the hoof surface and the block and then make sure not to press it all the way down. you need a layer of glue. Presumably you are scarifying the sole surface with the knife hook? I am sure you know all this.Not having a good run of wooden cow blocks staying on at present, should I change to gun and cartridge. Powder, and the solution used to make the glue, doesn't seem as potent somehow
If in doubt, I quite liked the demotec putty. It is a 2 part mixture. Mix it well (don't breathe it in!!) until it doesn't stick to the side of a plastic cup. Spit on your glove and place half of it on the block with your hand (don't get too much at the heal end) carefully push the block to the sole and mould the other half around the edge of the hoof so it merges with the putty that pushes out from the gap. You can make it into a shoe that fits over the top edge of the wall. If you carefully cup the hoof with your hand for a minute or so, the heat from your hand will set of an exothermic reaction and it will heat up on its own (so much that it is too hot touch).
This is the only pic I have of one I did for a toe necrosis View attachment 945052
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