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Title: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: ozy clint on December 18, 2012, 03:30:00 AM
hey guys i just bought some new axis black shafts and they have a factory cap wrap on them which i want to remove.
any tricks?
i don't want them cause i'll be installing the inserts then tuning by cutting from the nock end. doing this, with my likey arrow length my feathers will be half on them and half off them. they might even be on the writing.
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: Ryan Sanpei on December 18, 2012, 04:04:00 AM
Clint,
If I'm thinking about the same ones, they are like a thin plastic wrap. With mine, I sliced a thin strip through just the wrap and peeled them off.  The ones I had weren't real sticky and were easy to clean.
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: ozy clint on December 18, 2012, 04:14:00 AM
thanks ryan. piece of pie!
just plastic like you said and the residue wipe off with acetone.
i was hoping it was going to be something simple.
thought i'd ask here before rushing in and risking wrecking a new shaft.
cheers
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: hunthold on December 18, 2012, 08:34:00 AM
yep fingernail and peel it off in a spiral.. easy job..
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: cch on December 18, 2012, 08:48:00 AM
I just took a heat gun and hit it really lightly and they peeled right off.
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: Bob Morrison on December 18, 2012, 09:03:00 AM
Clint I used a lighter and just run it up the seam and it pretty much came off all by itself.
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: rraming on December 18, 2012, 09:19:00 AM
I use a Zip Strip, then goo gone, then denatured alcohol. The Zip Strip works like a dream and works better once it gets a little dull.
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: ozy clint on December 18, 2012, 08:56:00 PM
why would easton put this poorly made wrap on there??????
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: Tyler C. Moore on December 18, 2012, 10:57:00 PM
I just use a knife and slide it up the arrow. Takes one second. Boom Done.

The wrap is very thick and easy to cut.
Title: Re: removing factory cap wrap from axis shafts??
Post by: Onions on December 19, 2012, 08:43:00 AM
I use boiling hot water, let the shaft soak for a few minutes, then peel off with finger nail.
Then I clean the shaft with acetone or Goof Off

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