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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: adeeden on February 09, 2007, 10:08:00 PM
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What does everyone use to waterproof there fletching? I have tried alot of things over the years and am still not satisfied with the results. Someone surely has a better mousetrap!
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Go to the automotive department and try Black Magic Tire Wet. I tried it last season and had good results. Spray it on, let it dry. I left my arrows outside for a week or so to allow the smell to dissipate. A bottle will last you forever.
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I use industrial 100% silcone spray. Has always worked good for me. No odor. Using goose feathers works good too. Natural waterproofing and hold as good as any turkey feather. dino
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Found this spray at a sportsmans show in PA.
SCENTSIBLE FEATHER DRY by TOM PAK
PO Box 1784
Johnson City, TN 37605
888-237-1568
This stuff works! Around $8 per 4oz pump spray bottle. Good for five or six dozen arrows.
... mike ...
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Use vanes. There 100% water proof and they are cheap. I hunt South East Alaska a lot, and I've tried everything for feathers. I've found there is nothing 100% water proof besides vanes. Best of luck.
Chuck
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No Snow from Three Rivers.
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Has any one ever tried bow string wax?
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Spray on floatant for dry flies. Its probably silicone.
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my brother lives in texas and he got a can of spray thet they use to water proof hats, he says it is the best he ever used when he sends me a can i'll let you know
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I like No Snow. I applied it 2 or 3 times before my trip to Alaska. To test, I stuck the fletched end in my pool and swished it back and forth pretty hard a couple of times, pulled it out and gave it a flick - it was bone dry. Don't know how it would have held up in sustained rain, as we had great weather. The other thing I liked about it was that it did not soften my fletching to any great extent. I've tried the paint on dry fly dressing that comes in the little "fingernail polish" bottle and the white powder, both are a pain to apply, and didn't work that well.
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check out the post by huntsman lance on this thread.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=035849