Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: bow101 on June 08, 2013, 08:10:47 pm
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Is there any good cheap glue for fletching..? Have been using that STUpid "Super Glue Gel".! It takes forever to set up I find. If you dab a little on the feather that is not glued down the tiny glob takes forever to dry. A 5 minute dry time window is all I need................. >:D
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I used to use Duco cement but it is hard to find. It would stick to almost anything. Now I use fletch tape for "modern" arrows.
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For what it's worth, the Ace Hardware near my house carries Duck cement, but I haven't come across it anywhere else but online.
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Duco is the only thing that works for me. Luckily, they sell it where I work! :)
I tried the Bohning cement and lost fletching with the first shot.
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Duco for Me too. Here in Mid-Michigan, Harbor Freight/Hobby Lobby and the Mom & Pop Hardware stores carry it. 3 Rivers has it also - Bob.
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I used Duco for years back in the 90s with great success on Spar Urethane finishes. When I got back into archery a couple years ago, I started using the super glue gel with mixed results. Lately it has been bullet-proof since I switched over to the polycrylic finish on my arrows as far as fletchings staying on good and secure. I have a multi-fletcher so dry time is not as big an issue. Usually by the time I get the 6th arrow done, the first is dry and ready to start the next fletch. I have been doing mainly water based stained arrows dipped a couple times in the polycrylic cut 50/50 with water, however, I am about to get back into crown dipping and cresting. Not sure where that is going to lead me. I have been waiting for Carson (CMB) to do an arrow build a long after that sweet batch he posted recently. Well???? ???
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Dollar General stores sell Duco cheap. About $1.50 a tube. Ace hardware has it as well but more expensive. Still cheaper than 3R.
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I'll have to look around for the Duco.. ;) Super Glue driving me banana's.. >:D >:D >:D had a fletch come off. Here in Canada paying like $10.00 a tube for Super Glue and lucky to get 6-7 arrows done. That is 3 fletches per arrow. Getting dam expensive.............
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Fletch tape is cheap and easy. ;) ....or tied on Eastern Woodland style two fletch. ;D
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I use Loc-Tite super glue gel.
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I use "Super T" from Lee Valley (basically crazy glue). They sell 1 or 2 oz bottles for $8 or $13, it's gap filling, and sets up in less than a minute. Also use their "Special T" glue, which is a thicker, "ultra" gap filling, to put a dab of glue at the front of the quills so they're not so stabby ;)
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None better than Saunders NPV on any surface with any sealer. I don't lose feathers ever.
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I remember you posting about that NPV, before, PD, so I picked some up from one of the vendors at the Classic. I haven't tried it out, yet, though.
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LocTite Super glue for me.
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I ben using the gel super glue also. Either loctite or the gel made by gorilla glue. When I first used it I had exactly the same opinion as you, then I tried something different....not the glue but the way I applied it. If you are using a jig, put the feather in the clamp and when you apply the superglue do it in tiny little dots like periods and spaced apart from @ other. When ya stick that down it's down. I give mine about 1-2 minuets (dont really know why) and on to the next one. This method takes so little bit of the glue that mine will last at least 3 to 4 dozen arrows with no problem at all/
That's just my experience so for what it's worth. I have had no trouble with my hardwood, softwood, and cane arrows. It even stuck good to the shafts I use the pitch and grease mix on.
rich
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I ben using the gel super glue also. Either loctite or the gel made by gorilla glue. When I first used it I had exactly the same opinion as you, then I tried something different....not the glue but the way I applied it. If you are using a jig, put the feather in the clamp and when you apply the superglue do it in tiny little dots like periods and spaced apart from @ other. When ya stick that down it's down. I give mine about 1-2 minuets (dont really know why) and on to the next one. This method takes so little bit of the glue that mine will last at least 3 to 4 dozen arrows with no problem at all/
That's just my experience so for what it's worth. I have had no trouble with my hardwood, softwood, and cane arrows. It even stuck good to the shafts I use the pitch and grease mix on.
rich
I thought about the Dab will Do Ya idea. I'll try that out on my new set should have them done in next couple days. Thanks
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When I'm fletching there is never a rush to get the job done. I've been using a water based super glue that takes forever to set but never fails. I set the clamp and find something else to work on, I call it multitasking. For the life of me I can't understand why any of you could be in such a hurry. :laugh:
If I'm working with bamboo or cane I can always find another shaft to file a nock, straighten, or another project on the workbench. Life's too short to push the envelope and ruin good feathers.
Why rush the final stage of such a rewarding project.
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Mmm who say I is rushing..? >:D
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I tried ducco once but never did get it to stick. Dont remember what kind of finish was on the shafts. Used barge cement for several years but it is kinda messy. Lately have been using the two sided fletching tape with good results.
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I learned a cheap fix back in my" married days"
I use clear finger nail polish "borrowed from the wife" ;D to glue down feathers and to water proof sinew wraps.
Cheap, water proof, hot and cold proof and very effective