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Waxing a string
« on: February 17, 2015, 01:34:31 PM »
Has anyone tried using a heat gun on a bow string after waxing in order to get it into the strands? That's what I've been doing. After I wax the string I heat it up just enough for it to melt and settle in. Hope I'm not hurting anything. :dunno:

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2015, 02:06:28 PM »
Just use your fingers and rub it up and down.  That should heat the wax up enough

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2015, 02:14:56 PM »
Just me but I wouldn't be taking a heat gun to my bow string!

I just work it in with fingers.

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2015, 02:17:38 PM »
Just use your fingers and rub it up and down.  That should heat the wax up enough
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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2015, 02:37:10 PM »
I've done the finger thing too but I just thought the wax would work it's way into the strands better being heated. I keep the gun away far enough just so the wax melts and I keep it moving. Kind of a common sense thing ya know. Isn't the idea to get the wax into the strands?

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2015, 09:34:38 PM »
UHMWPE will start to creep aggressively at 176 °F.  So use heat sources with extreme caution.  I've damaged more than one string melting wax with a piece of leather.  It's easier than one might think to damage the stuff!  If you really want to get your wax into the fibers try using Scorpion Venom Polymeric Bowstring Fluid.  Best stuff ever made for modern bowstrings!! Completely mess free too. :tup:

http://scorpionvenomarchery.com/
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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2015, 09:37:58 PM »
UHMWPE will start to creep aggressively at 176 °F.  So use heat sources with extreme caution.  I've damaged more than one string melting wax with a piece of leather.  It's easier than one might think to damage the stuff!  If you really want to get your wax into the fibers try using Scorpion Venom Polymeric Bowstring Fluid.  Best stuff ever made for modern bowstrings!! Completely mess free too. :tup:

http://scorpionvenomarchery.com/

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I have never seen that stuff and I have bow hunted for 30 years.  Where do I find it????  I need to try me some of that...I hate the old wax tubes with a passion. 

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2015, 10:41:20 PM »
Rad Thanks for the info

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 12:00:10 AM »
Most good pro shops carry the stuff.  Even if they are not on the company web page dealers can get it through PSE or a distributor.  Of course you can order it direct too!  I think Sportsman's Warehouse had it at one time, but perhaps that was during Wholesale Sports, I'm not sure.

We were beside one another at the ATA show when the two partners were first bringing it to market.  We have become quite good friends.  They are very good guys and absolute geniuses.  I'd be willing to wager they are possibly the smartest two guys in the entire archery industry with degrees in polymer chemistry or petroleum chemistry...something like that.  They are such good folks I'd probably use there stuff even if it wasn't the best on the market today.  But, it is the best so it's a win/win :tup:

The fluid has a sponge applicator so it is about as easy as waxing could possibly be!  I run it up one side and down the other, rub it in a little with my fingers and let dry.  That would normally be good, but I like to put a second coat on to make my string colors really "Pop".  If it is not raining I probably only dress my string two maybe three times a year.  On rainy hunts I'll redress every week or so.  Wife is a little tougher on strings than I am so I probably dress her string twice as often.  Point being is that little tube at $10.99 will likely last you two or three years if you keep the lid on tight.  So it's a very good value!

I keep a tube in each truck, one in each pack, one in my bow case and a couple on my string jig.  Absolutely will not make a string without it!  Won't go hunting without it!  Won't travel to a hunt without it!  And the best thing is I no longer put leather to string and then have to take Lava soap to my hands to get all the nasty's off :)

They also have some arrow snot that is slicker than...well you know!  So slick I once put too much on an arrow and could not get enough grip on it to pull it from the target five days later.  I don't put it on arrows anymore :o  But I do use the stuff around the shop to keep all my equipment working perfectly.  Our blade counters used to always stick. One tap of the sponge to the jig and it's been stick free for over a year!  Clamps on my Bitzenbergers were always clicking and sticking.  Once again, a simple tap with the sponge and my fletching jigs act like they are better than new rather than 40 years old!

The only thing I use wax for anymore is dressing the threads of my field points, broadheads and sight screws.
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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2015, 06:39:51 AM »
I just ordered some up and will give it a try thanks !

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2015, 08:59:25 PM »
Does it have to be applied to a new string or can it be used after a normal wax regimen?

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2015, 09:13:15 PM »
Does it have to be applied to a new string or can it be used after a normal wax regimen?

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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2015, 10:40:58 PM »
I apply it to all strings I make here before they ever leave the jig.  Though I do usually wipe any factory wax from the bundle with their string cleaner before I apply the fluid.  Not really necessary at that point, but I like to do it anyway.

I'm quite anal retentive when it comes to my strings.  One single failure at the wrong time and you will be too!
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Re: Waxing a string
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2015, 11:05:29 PM »
Been using venom for a few years now. Great stuff Cory turned me onto the stuff and it's been great.
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