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Offline tbrady

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Just bought a dozen arrows from this place in Pennsylvania that I have been using for a few years.  I forgot to specify to do right helical on the fletching and ended up with straight fletching.  There's not a big difference but enough that I can tell and its bugging the heck out of me (e.g. my group sizes are a little bigger with straight). 

What would you guys recommend?  Is there any easy way to get the existing fletching off without messing up the "paint job"?  They have been dipped 7.5" in arrow paint instead of using a wrap.

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Re: Crap... accidentally got a dozen arrows that are straight fletched
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2015, 09:05:25 PM »
Scrape the fletching off the fletching tool.  Has a curved blade.  Then clean and refletch.


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Re: Crap... accidentally got a dozen arrows that are straight fletched
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2015, 03:53:41 AM »
Regular utility knife works just fine.  Best to have one that is slightly dulled so it doesn't catch the carbon very easily.  I'll usually run it through some tough cardboard a few dozen times to take that burr and edge down just a bit.  I assume these arrows are machine fletched.  That does make things a lot easier too.  Start on the back of the vane, peel a corner off the base and just rip them off.  Then use the knife to just scrape lightly.  Once you do a few it's really easy.  Some of those machine fletched arrows you can just peal the old fletching off by hand without the knife.

Clean the shaft with a high quality lacquer thinner.  Let dry for a half hour (at least) before fletching.  Avoid getting lacquer thinner on your nocks.  Seems to dry out the Polycarb rather quickly leaving them brittle.  Unless my nocks are really super tight I remove them before I clean with thinner.

If you are re-fletching with a cyanoacrylate glue I have found wiping the shaft down a second time with a disposable blue shop towel and distilled water seems to give me the best bond.  Just be sure it is completely dry before fletching.
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Re: Crap... accidentally got a dozen arrows that are straight fletched
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2015, 08:03:36 AM »
Thanks a ton for the advice guys!!

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Re: Crap... accidentally got a dozen arrows that are straight fletched
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2015, 01:11:56 PM »
Tbrady,
   I must of bought the same deal. I just bought a dozen from a guy in Pennsylvania off ebay, didn't figure I had to tell him about the straight flectching. (Maybe since I'm only a year into the Archery Hunting). They are straight and Inconstant  fly like crap. Shot big groups and I had 1 that just didn't fly good at all. At 60 yards i would miss the block completely. Needless to say I didn't want to deal with re-fletching since the Arrow type I'm not to keen on yet anyways. So 8 days before opener I just bought a new dozen from a Pro shop in town.  :bash:
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