I have an inexpensive, but almost brand new mini tripod with a ball head that refuses to tighten. I've only used it a few times for my tiny Hard Drive camcorder. Anyone have any tricks for making sloppy, loose ball heads behave themselves?

(I'll move this to OT when we're finished with it.)

Cher ~ Central NY
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