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What all glue and varnish do yall use for whipping on arrows?
WillS:
Tru-Oil is Linseed oil... it's just like Danish Oil, a blend of linseed, turps and various other bits and pieces (Danish Oil is more or less an equal parts mix of linseed, turps and beeswax) Adding more linseed probably won't make any difference other than to dilute and take longer to cure, but you never know till you try!
I tried fletching tape once, and while it's pretty good on the thin shop-bought turkey feathers, it's not much use with war arrows that meet EWBS spec, as they need to be fletched with goose, and goose primaries are too strong for fletching tape! They just pull away from the tape as they don't want to straighten and the adhesive isn't really strong enough. Nothing beats a good bead of cheap superglue ;)
PortlandJoe:
i've used all sorts of varnish and i've found that for me, a diluted 3:1 linseed to tru-oil mix is fantastic and i don't have to feel bad about dropping waaaaay to much money on tru-oil.
on the note of glues for fletching, sand the goose feathers quill as thin as paper and you can get away with tape (you're wrapping it up anyway) bigbowbrum on youtube has a great how to on battle shafts and he uses tape and his music selection is unbeatable
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: PortlandJoe on December 28, 2013, 09:14:07 pm ---i've used all sorts of varnish and i've found that for me, a diluted 3:1 linseed to tru-oil mix is fantastic and i don't have to feel bad about dropping waaaaay to much money on tru-oil.
on the note of glues for fletching, sand the goose feathers quill as thin as paper and you can get away with tape (you're wrapping it up anyway) bigbowbrum on youtube has a great how to on battle shafts and he uses tape and his music selection is unbeatable
--- End quote ---
Yeah, tru oil is pretty darn expensive. It's a lot cheaper to buy the biggest thing you can of it, I think it is 32 ounce, but then you gotta use it all before it goes bad too! I always get little crustys in mine, and then I will finish doing a bow, and I will look and it will have dried crustys glued to the bow in the finish. I hate that.
JackCrafty:
When I want to do it the easy way, I use Titebond II or III for the wrappings. For the primitive arrows, I use fish glue.
As for the "varnish" on arrows, I now use wax and got rid of everything else. Car wax for the easy way and lanolin for the primitive stuff.
RBLusthaus:
I sometimes use clear nail polish over my wrappings, but only after they have been set with a little superglue. Makes them shinny, If you like that kind of look.
Russ
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