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Title: Shaft Soup
Post by: Paul Mattson on January 30, 2010, 07:51:00 PM
This afternoon I tried to remove some wraps from some AD Shafts by boiling.  This was my first try, and it didn't work out to good.  :scared:    Trying to pull the hot wrap from a hot shaft is not fun.  I managed to get one removed and called it.  :banghead:    

  (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/BadgerArrow/_1280886.jpg)


This is Pepper she was watching the whole thing.  And was thinking she might get a  snack out of the deal.  :D  


 (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/BadgerArrow/_1280887.jpg)
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: lpcjon2 on January 30, 2010, 07:54:00 PM
Can you try a blowdryer?
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: SveinD on January 30, 2010, 07:55:00 PM
Hehe, have Pepper gnaw them off  :)
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: K. Mogensen on January 30, 2010, 10:48:00 PM
Could try one at a time...
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Paul Mattson on January 30, 2010, 11:18:00 PM
Tried one at a time.  These are One Stringer Arrow wraps with double dogs on them.  The double dog is a clear thinner wrap that protects the main wrap.  I am going to try a heat gun on a low setting.  I should have just left them alone, nothing was wrong with them.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: wihill on January 31, 2010, 12:29:00 AM
Better living through chemistry, however health side-effects can be entertaining.  I've used MEK with good results.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Killdeer on January 31, 2010, 04:42:00 AM
I see someone else likes to work in the kitchen!   :)
Isn't that too much heat for the carbon? How much is too much? I have had a lot of frustration getting wraps off, too. Less work, in my mind, to work the hours needed at my job and buy new shafts!

Killdeer   :banghead:
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: sweet old bill on January 31, 2010, 05:13:00 AM
I find I do better just to use a old blade and srape them off. I then use goo be gone from Walmart. Gets the rest of the glue off, I then use alohol for a final cleaning prior to new arrow wrap / fethers.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: leatherneck on January 31, 2010, 05:37:00 AM
Tried them all on my AD's. boiling, blowdryer, chemicals, etc. Only thing I've found to work for ME is a good sharp utility knife. Be Careful!!!  :scared:
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: vtmtnman on January 31, 2010, 05:47:00 AM
Quote
Originally posted by sweet old bill:
I find I do better just to use a old blade and srape them off. I then use goo be gone from Walmart. Gets the rest of the glue off, I then use alohol for a final cleaning prior to new arrow wrap / fethers.
That's what I do.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 31, 2010, 08:44:00 AM
i've given up on wraps, too dang much trouble getting them off the arrows without potential shaft damage.  but they sure do look spiffy ...

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/archery/jc4fletch2.jpg)
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Jack Whitmire Jr on January 31, 2010, 10:33:00 AM
Rob that's what I think also . I agree they are really cool though   :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: davesonic444 on January 31, 2010, 05:11:00 PM
I use acetone to remove my wraps and wrap all my arrows.After the wrap is gone cleanup is easier than glued directly to shaft.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: George D. Stout on January 31, 2010, 06:06:00 PM
No wraps here....they only have to suit me anyway, and all I require is that they hit where I'm shooting.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Onestringer on February 03, 2010, 03:41:00 PM
You guys make it way too hard.

Here is a how to video.


 http://onestringer.com/index.php?page=mods/Video/gen_flv&vidid=9
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Kevin Winkler on February 03, 2010, 05:25:00 PM
Onestringer.........I like the Sponge Bob work mat!
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Kevin Winkler on February 03, 2010, 05:27:00 PM
Oh! Paul, I also make a big mess in the kitchen. That's why my wife keeps me out of it.
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: House on February 03, 2010, 09:02:00 PM
Kevin beat me to the Sponge Bob comment!

Travis
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: varmint101 on February 03, 2010, 09:07:00 PM
I double dog dare ya! lol.  Pepper eeirly looks like my yorkie Cojo when he thinks he's getting a snack too.

I really like chartreuse wraps as they have helped me find my arrow many times, but man you are right, they are a major pita to take off!
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: GANDGOLF on February 03, 2010, 09:20:00 PM
Being one who works on golf clubs all the time (graphite shafts).. I use a curved blade (stanley knife) lots Quicker.. Less HAnd torque.. Fits carbon shafts perfectly.. MY wife would KILL me if I used HER hairdryer..( I don't have much hair)   :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Shaft Soup
Post by: Paul Mattson on February 03, 2010, 09:28:00 PM
I am going to give my heat gun a try on a low setting.  

Kevin, You should have saw the look on my wife face when she saw the shafts on the stove.  :scared:    She was just getting home from work.