Do you sand the base of a tip till the brand names is sanded off??

[Suke]

When you do a re-tipping, do you guys sand the base of the tip till the brand name (like those tailisman or phenix tip) is sanded off?

[WelshPhantom]

Never used those tips but i did sand my kamui black m/h until the writing was completely gone...

[Steve748]

Yes you have to sand the writing completely off or the tip won't work like it should.

[SouthPaw]

Good re-tipping guides recommend to lightly sand the bottom of new tips to make sure the surface is flat, or if you want to take a bit of the height of the tip, as long as the surface of the side to be glued is clean it doesn't matter if there's still writing attached...

[ADR147]

the purpose of the sanding is to create a key for the glue so as long as the surface is rough enough it should not matter, 2 or 3 seconds on 120 grit will be plenty.