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Title: dipping arrows
Post by: hitman on January 20, 2011, 08:31:00 PM
Just got some fletch lac paint and thinner,never used it before. How do you start out thinning the paint without getting it too thin?
Title: Re: dipping arrows
Post by: Brently on January 20, 2011, 08:41:00 PM
Just add a little thinner at a time and check the flow of if. The good thing about lacquer is that if you get it too thin just leave the lid off for awhile and it will evaporate and get thicker again.
Title: Re: dipping arrows
Post by: Orion on January 20, 2011, 09:29:00 PM
I thin my fletch lac clear and blue clear with a 1 to 3 ratio, i.e., one unit of thinner to three units of fletch lac.  Should work pretty good for colors as well.  May need to use a little more thinner.
Title: Re: dipping arrows
Post by: Charlie Lamb on January 20, 2011, 10:19:00 PM
When it's "right" the dipped shaft should run off to slow drips in 12-15 seconds.
Title: Re: dipping arrows
Post by: Hot Hap on January 21, 2011, 01:29:00 AM
20 seconds works for me. Hap
Title: Re: dipping arrows
Post by: hitman on January 21, 2011, 02:18:00 AM
Thanks guys.