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Title: wood arrow question
Post by: GG on February 04, 2008, 01:21:00 PM
On the point end of wood arrows, do you stain & polyurethane the taper. Will this interfere with the bond when using hot melt glue.
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: Bjorn on February 04, 2008, 01:26:00 PM
Scrape the point taper before gluing.
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: Kingstaken on February 04, 2008, 01:43:00 PM
I stain and poly on full length arrows. Cut and taper afterwards. If bare wood is not covered, you can touch if stained.
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: chesapeakeblend on February 04, 2008, 01:53:00 PM
I was wondering the same thing.

It seems if you do the tapering before the staining and all you would get a better seal on the wood.  Then you could put a rough sand on it before gluing couldn't you?
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: GG on February 04, 2008, 03:51:00 PM
What's the best fletch glue to adhere to polyurethane?
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: Kingstaken on February 04, 2008, 04:32:00 PM
I use fletch tape, works great and fast and add a touch of fletch tite glue to both ends of fletch.
Some just use fletch tite glue.
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: SlowBowinMO on February 04, 2008, 05:37:00 PM
GG, Duco is the bomb on poly if you want glue.  Fletch Tape works well also.
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: Rico on February 04, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
I taper first stain/poly down to the point hang from clothes pin using taper point when appling poly
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: Aeronut on February 04, 2008, 10:51:00 PM
Run a tap into the ferrule of your points and a die onto the point taper.  Also clean out the ferrule with acetone or carb cleaner.  Makes a very good bond.

Dennis
Title: Re: wood arrow question
Post by: GG on February 05, 2008, 08:46:00 AM
Thanks for all the info.