ive been removing arrow wraps by using a light touch w propane torch and have never had a problem w bemans and gt carbons. Tonight I tried removing a wrap from a ce heritage 75 and the result was a melted arrow. Now this was the first reflective wrap I had tried to remove and it was a mess, so in fairness I'm not sure if it was the ce heritage or the wrap that lead me to catastrophe. I was taking the wrap off as it added 18 grains to the back of the arrow--- I didn't realize they weighed that much-- they do affect the spine... May be done with wraps...
I've taken to placing my arrow in my cresting jig and spraying a wrap on with krylon as a alternative to the stick on wrap.
Hair dryer to remove wraps works better. And then clean with Goo-be-Gone....
Fire + anything you intend to keep = bad idea. I like th hair dryer trick.
I stopped usin wraps because I found they made it 10x harder to reflect. Stripping feathers takes seconds, wraps see, to take me a lot more seconds.
Steam works good for me
Terry
Some brands of shafts the wraps come right off. And some just won't give up the sticker.
You can use the wraps to add a few grains or tune if needed.
Paint looks a lot better.
I just use a simple cigarette lighter,it will soften the wrap with very little heat.
Heat gun on low. As for re fletching, easier for me to strip a arrow with a wrap than using paint remover on a painted one. If I knew I would be replacing one feather from time to time I Fletch on bare shaft.
I like the idea of krylon. For those of you using krylon what fletching glue works well with it?
Fire + anything you intend to keep = bad idea. I'm gonna remember this quote-- it may keep me out of trouble in the future.
I did get a fletching stripper for Christmas-- one of the reasons I went to wraps was my inability to remove feathers without nicking the Carbon in spots.
Thanks for the tips.
I use hot water straight from the tap. gentle heat. have never had a tuning problem from wraps.