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Title: protecting a broadhead edge?
Post by: $bowhunter$ on November 05, 2011, 01:04:00 PM
how do you guys protect your sharp broadheads from rusting? is there somthing i can do to keep the edge from forming rust but not effect the BH when shooting at an animal?


thanks,
steven
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Post by: soap creek on November 05, 2011, 01:11:00 PM
I've been useing chapstick for years. I lightly coat them periodically,have'nt had any problems.
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Post by: magnus on November 05, 2011, 01:21:00 PM
A sharpie works too and doesn't build up in your quiver.
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Post by: Walt Francis on November 05, 2011, 01:23:00 PM
2x the Sharpie
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Post by: Bjorn on November 05, 2011, 01:43:00 PM
I have always used vaseline-gonna try the sharpie.
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Post by: Jim Wright on November 05, 2011, 04:30:00 PM
Spray product called "Slide All" by Elmer's.
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Post by: Jeff Strubberg on November 05, 2011, 05:57:00 PM
Chapstick.  Cheap, easy to use, no scent to speak of and no mess.
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Post by: guspup on November 05, 2011, 06:50:00 PM
vaseline
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Post by: woodchucker on November 05, 2011, 06:55:00 PM
Silly Me!!! I just keep sharpening them to take the rust off...    ;)
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Post by: thunder1 on November 05, 2011, 06:57:00 PM
All the methods  mentioned work well. I use some of my string makers wax.
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Post by: Rooselk on November 05, 2011, 06:58:00 PM
I'm in the Chapstick camp...but I've also used Vaseline. Either product works great.
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Post by: lpcjon2 on November 05, 2011, 06:59:00 PM
Food grade silicone works great, I use it on fletching and it waterproofs them. I like the chapstick trick!
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Post by: Terry Lightle on November 05, 2011, 07:49:00 PM
chapstick here
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Post by: Green on November 06, 2011, 03:37:00 AM
X 3 on Magnus' suggestion of coloring the edge with a sharpie.  And no reflection from the edges while sitting in a stand with an arrow on the string.
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Post by: Red Beastmaster on November 06, 2011, 08:35:00 AM
I used to coat the edges with various things but it seemed to collect too much dirt. Now I just run the file over them occasionally if I get any rust forming.

Never heard of using a Sharpie, sounds like a good idea.
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Post by: doug77 on November 06, 2011, 10:23:00 AM
Sharpie
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Post by: LookMomNoSights on November 06, 2011, 10:53:00 AM
Sharpie
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Post by: Paul WA on November 06, 2011, 01:15:00 PM
I use Ballistol, keeps my handguns and BH's rust free...PR
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Post by: xtrema312 on November 06, 2011, 06:36:00 PM
Thanks for the post.  Wouldn't have thought about the Sharpie.
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Post by: LONGSTYKES on November 06, 2011, 06:51:00 PM
Vaseline for me for years. But a Sharpie,I'll try it.
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on November 06, 2011, 08:11:00 PM
I use a thin coating of WD40.
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Post by: skydog6653 on November 06, 2011, 08:26:00 PM
will any of these agents act as a coagulant?