Arrow fletching- need help

[Oneshot1Kill]

So i made 12 arrows from blank shafts to these awesome looking port-oxford cedar arrows. And I'm fletching em with a Martin J-8 left wing fletcher and Duco Cement. At first while making the arrows some feathers started coming off, i thought i just hadn't let em sit long enough.   So i re did em and now they've been sitting for 2 days and i just went and shot em and 3 arrows had feathers come off. So i decided to check all the arrows feathers.   Every single feather popped off.    What am i doing wrong?!?!?! Is it the stain I put on the arrows? Won't bond with the glue? I used this deck sealer that the glue says would work. I'm going hunting friday and need these things functional. Anyone know what to do?

[yajsab]

Hmm...

I did a quick google and it said bond to almost anything EXCEPT rubber.  That could be an issue if you stain the arrow with deck stain.

I would clean the stain off on the fletching area.  Do your fletch and then restain it.

[Oneshot1Kill]

Okay. I'll try that on a few arrows and see what happens. Man, this is one great way to ruin someones day. haha

[yajsab]

Good luck.  It should work.  Happy hunting!

[carpsniperg2]

i have never had much luck with the duco, i am sure it has to do with the stain that you used on the shafts.

[Oneshot1Kill]

Well i just switched to some fletch-tite. Seems to work pretty good. Finished 3 arrows and went and shot em. 20yds, good flight, not even a hint of em being weak. Doing the rest of the dozen now.

[yajsab]

Cool.  That's the stuff I used too.

[Snapshot]

Don't forget the drop of Fletch-tite at the front and back end of each feather. When you stand them upright to dry that bead will flatten out and all but disappear once it is dry.