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straightening shafts?
GregB:
Great conversation guys on tempering pro's and con's...thanks!
Now what do yall think about sealing the finished cane arrow? I'm sure it has a certain amount of natural protection...but I've worked the nodes down and think at a minimum they should be sealed. Do yall seal cane shafts, and if so what do you use? ;)
TRACY:
I'm new with cane but have used both spar and tru oil to seal the shafts. I like both and both seem to stand up to lots of shooting without compromise on the finish.
Tracy
Pat B:
I have used Tru-Oil but on most primitive shafts I use pitch varnish to seal them. I don't seal cane unless I have violated the rind like if I sand the nodes which I don't always do. Pat.
stringstretcher:
Pat. Could you elaborate on how you make your pitch varnish? And if anyone would, that uses some sort of aid in straightening their cane, could you post some pictures of it? This is all great info. Keep things going so we all can learn.
Pat B:
Basically all I do is dissolve pine pitch in denatured alcohol and strain it. The hardened pitch works best because the volatile oils have evaporated and in the varnish, when the alcohol evaporated, the varnish dries hard. If the pitch is still sticky when you dissolve it in alcohol it will be sticky when the alcohol evaporates.
If it is sticky, you can rub it down with fine chalk or charcoal dust to make it not so sticky and eventually it will set up hard.
I believe, but haven't tried it yet, that any plant resins with make varnish if done the same way. There was an article in an older PA Magazine that describes this method.
I do most of my shaft straightening by hand but on severe bends and kinks or if the bend is close to the end of the shaft I use an arrow wrench; a piece of wood with a hole drilled in it to get better leverage. I'll post pics of the wrench a bit later. Pat
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