It's been quite a few years since I needed arrow making supplies and for pretty much all the necessities I still have plenty but am on my last tube of Duco. Used to be able to buy at the local wallyworld but was at two stores today with no luck. Mind you it has been maybe 5-6 years since I bought any.
So where do you guys find it other than traditional shops where shipping kills the price? Will pick some up next shoot, etc I'm at but need a tube or two to get me buy till then.
ace hardware
I get it at family dollar 1.25 a tube
crafts store that sells the RC model stuff, cars, boats etc..
family dollar and wally world
Wal Mart doesn't carry it any longer. I buy it at a local lumber/DIY shop.
Guy
ACE HARDWARE
Kelly, here on the Indiana, Illinois border, the Family Dollar stores have it.
Ace has it too, about 3 times the price!
I buy a couple tubes a time at the Dollar Store, it s usually $1.50 or less there.
Gilroys hdw. $1.25/tube
Ace Hardware.
Ace hardware here in Okla
Any Dollar General.
Looked all over town around here and didn't find it. Tried all the dollar stores I could find. Ended up finding it at a Family Dollar store in the next town.
Now if I could just find barge cement.
True Value. Jawge
Ace sells it for around $4 a tube, Family Dollar about $1 a tube. It has to be a Family Dollar not a Dollar store. The Dollar stores don't sell it.
That reminds me, I am driving past a Family Dollar on my way hunting this evening,better pick up a few tubes on my way to the woods.
One thing I have noticed about Duco is they have changed the formula.
I use a plastic squeeze bottle full of Duco when I fletch arrows. In the past the glue got thicker over time in my bottle, now it gets thinner, to an almost water like consistency.
I get mine at a local Ma & Pa hardware store (just checked - they are a True Value affiliate).
Note that the Fletchtite nozzles fit on the 1 oz. Duco tubes.
Thanks to all. Will try to find a Family Dollar store as I prefer to pay less than what my local Ace charges-almost $5. It was bad enough having to pay $5.34 for a tube of Fletch-tite, yesterday but I needed it. Still had some in the pint can but it turned to gel.
Yup Wally World is punnishing us for all the glue sniffers that caused them to stop selling it.
Tom, the story I heard is that Duco quit selling to them because they were undercutting other retailers so badly at $.99 a tube.
Guy
Just bought some from Family Dollar @ $1.25 tube.
Thanks all!
Woohoo! I know this is an old post, but I too was having a tough time finding some. After reading this post i immediately ran to the family dollar about a mile down the road and found it for 1.25 a tube. i almost jumped for joy. maybe i'll hoard some of this stuff for a while til i get little built up. i use it on polyurethane finished arrows. out of curiosity, i tried unsuccessfully to pull the remaining feathers off of some arrows fletched about 20 years ago. thanks t-gangers!
Maybe worth mentioning here. Wally World now sells a general purpose glue in their glue section. It's a smaller tube, two to the pack, and it's a yellow and black tube. The two pack for a buck if I remember correctly. We've been using it on aluminum too and so far it's all good. I do still buy the Duco at Family Dollar too.