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Title: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: USN_Sam1385 on October 13, 2011, 10:00:00 PM

Hello all,

Getting ready to make up my first set of arrows. Not from the ground up or anything, just put the feathers on and new wraps...

My question is how to get my old wraps off of the arrows. The old wraps are 7" solid white wraps. The new ones will be 7" cane snake wraps.

I have half a mind to just get as much of the old glue as possible off and wrap the new wraps over the top of the old wraps.

Any tips???

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: Onestringer on October 13, 2011, 10:04:00 PM

Just use a hair dryer, it will heat up the adhesive and will peel off pretty easy. Then use goo gone extreme to take any left over residue and you are good to go.

Scott

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: Thebear_78 on October 13, 2011, 10:16:00 PM

I've had pretty good luck just peeling them off, but the hair dryer makes it a quicker process.

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: DanDaMan on October 13, 2011, 11:19:00 PM

I use a razor blade.
Dan

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: riivioristo on October 14, 2011, 04:38:00 AM

somebody once wrote, that just hot water would do the trick - Dennis Kamstra in TBM "tips from old timer" if I remeber right... good luck

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: kuch on October 14, 2011, 07:59:00 AM

Hair dryer works ,then peel

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: Doc Nock on October 14, 2011, 01:20:00 PM

Geeze,Kuch, I thought with my bad eyes that was an "!" point at the end of your sentence! :eek: :scared:

I found my serrated steak knives at home perfectly fit my GT shafts in the groove... I tried the boiling water route and that didn't work and the hair dryer just seemed to take too long...

I soon had all 6 scraped off and the GooGone slicked them up, alcohol to wipe off the GooGone and back to re-wrap!

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: kuch on October 14, 2011, 01:23:00 PM

I never tried it, but it may work ???? Go ahead and let us know !!

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: El gran J on October 14, 2011, 01:32:00 PM

Razor blade-just don't dig down too hard and then clean it up with acetone, or nail polish remover and a paper towel....

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: Littlejake on October 14, 2011, 01:51:00 PM

Hot water works I just took some off a couple minutes ago.

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: South MS Bowhunter on October 14, 2011, 03:06:00 PM

I' ve tried the blow dryer tip and could not get it to heat up enough to peel off. What are you guy doing that i'm not? I use a potato peeler and it works really well and take no time to peel them off.

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: JamesKerr on October 14, 2011, 03:57:00 PM

I use a blow dryer. Get them hot then just peel em off with your fingernails.

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: Recurve50 LBS on October 14, 2011, 05:12:00 PM

I've used a razor blade then cleaned up the shaft with fine steel wool and denatured alchol.
But the hair dryer method sounds pretty good too.

Title: Re: How to remove old wraps??
Post by: grayfeather on October 14, 2011, 08:07:00 PM

I use a hair dryer, just heat till it bubbles a little and pull off.takes me very little time and does not hurt the shaft.just don;t forget to keep moving the hair dter and not hold it in one place.

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