Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Oneshot1Kill on November 23, 2010, 04:39:16 PM
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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?
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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.
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Okay. I'll try that on a few arrows and see what happens. Man, this is one great way to ruin someones day. haha
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Good luck. It should work. Happy hunting!
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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.
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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.
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Cool. That's the stuff I used too.
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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.
