What product do you prefer for water proofing feathers?
Use vanes....
Scotch Guard Spray Can !
Kirk, where you hunt you must know of some methods to help keep feathers dry other then leaving them at home.
I have had good success with 'tire wet', used to darken/shine up tires. Put it on a couple weeks early so it can air out and stop stinking. Bad experience when combined with fletch tape but fletch tite held feathers on and will be trying out quality CA glue soon.
I use Dry Fly powder.
QuoteOriginally posted by John Fragale:
Scotch Guard Spray Can !
This is what I have been using.
Bisch
Bisch, what are you using to glue your feathers, I assume the Scotch Gaurd does not effect the bond.
Unmolested goose feathers. If I'm hunting were its really wet. Otherwise I use a fleece cover when using all other feathers in the rain, sleet, or snow.
Goose feathers
Camp dry. The stuff you spray on tents, etc. To make them water repellent.
I used to use sno seal. it comes in a liquid and has a cotton ball on a stick applicator. It worked really good.
Not sure about your arrows you use or any of the details. But if you can get to about 25% or higher efoc and tune the arrow right you wont have to worry about wet feathers. Even wet feathers still stick up enough to stabilize the arrow with a broadhead and hit where you want.
I just got done shooting a huge magnus 2 blade that is 1 and 1/2 inches wide with soaking wet feathers and matted down with my hand as small as i could get them. Shot that arrow 10 times and them wet and matted again. repeated this process for 100 shots. It flew perfect everytime.
So good efoc and good tuning will make it where the feathers will still do thier job even soaking wet and matted down.
If I was to have to keep feathers dry again for some reason. I would just use seran wrap and the hair braid mini rubber bands that little girls use for braiding hair. Wrap the seran wrap around each arrow around the feathers and put one of those little rubber bands over the seran wrap just in front of the fletching. when you want to shoot the arrow just yank the seran wrap off the shaft and shoot. the little rubber band wont hurt anything left on the shaft.
Duck oil!
I really love Feather-Dri from 3rivers. It comes as a silicon powder. You pour some powder in a ziploc bag, put the fletching end of the arrow in the baggy, and rub it into the feathers. It takes 2-3 shots with each arrow to puff the excess powder off, but once you have them done they last the whole season.
There's even videos out there of guys dipping their fletchings in buckets of water for 5+ minutes and when they pull them out they're good as new. Water just beads off the feathers. I'll probably never use anything else.
I have also used the Silicon powder made by Bohning. It's quick and hold up well
I've been using camp dry for quite a while. It stinks like heck, but I spray my fletching early, so it has time to dissipate. I'll be following this one, thanks.
Bob
I use rustoleum never I think that is what it is called. I think someone on here suggested it to me.
Go to the food store and by some food grade silicon spray and spray away!!!! I have also used normal automotive silicon both work great.
I have never noticed any difference in arrow flight when the feathers got wet and matted down, it just annoyed me !
QuoteOriginally posted by njloco:
I have never noticed any difference in arrow flight when the feathers got wet and matted down, it just annoyed me !
I haven't either, with a well tuned arrow, but I still spray them.
Bob
Trophy Ridge "No Snow" Whisper Biscut Spray has worked for me very well...
... mike ...
QuoteOriginally posted by mcgroundstalker:
Trophy Ridge "No Snow" Whisper Biscut Spray has worked for me very well...
... mike ...
Me too. Even though i think it is just silicone spray
No Snow. Works great on feather's, rug rest's and non rubber silencer's.
I gave up trying, just get the best tune i can and deal with it.
I just noticed the error in my last post. I use rustoleum never wet.
Watershed
The 'Tire Wet" or "Tire Black" products like Westleys of one made by Armour All (not regular armour all) that is used to keep tires shiny and black works the best of anything I've tried. it was mentioned above.
camp dry spray works great
QuoteOriginally posted by Kirkll:
Use vanes....
x2........ :biglaugh: That's what I told him Kirk and I got lashed out at!
I use the powder also. The good thing about using it is when you shoot an animal the blood cleans off easily and is good as new.
Canada Goose Feathers and Natural Barred Wild Turkey feathers will repel water better than most treated domestic turkey feathers.
I've used the powdered silicon stuff on domestics and it seems to work well.
Bread bag and a rubber band. Although I have used Scotch guard spray too. Never tried camp dry spray but did try Tire Wet and absolutely hated it! What a mess! and stink!
Yankee, a very thin coat of tire wet worked into feathers with fingers will air dry and loose the stink after 3-4 days.
Need to try the camp dry. The powder flies of some with the shot and I don't like breathing the stuff.
I hunt with full confidence with saturated arras because on occasion I'll practice with them that way intentionally. I'm far more concerned with trailing a deer in wet conditions. Keep a bucket of water by your target and givem a dunk once in a while as a confidence builder!
QuoteOriginally posted by Kirkll:
Use vanes....
x2 :D