Hey all,

I'm wanting to try spray cresting some carbon arrows.  Does anyone have experience doing this, any tips you can share?  

Thanks alot,

Dan

Wear a mask, seriously.  

Good idea! I don't see why it shouldn't work and look good too. I spray paint all my arrows (wood) nowdays and they look, last forever!

I have been spraying on an undercoat for my cresting for years.  With the variety of spray colors available it makes cresting pretty easy.  You can get several large blocks of color by taping with masking tape or scotch magic tape.

If you plan to overcoat with a spray, be sure to let your cresting job dry a couple of days, or overcoat with something that will not dissolve the cresting.

Definitely wear a mask unless you are well ventilated, especially if using lacquer.

Thanks for the info!  I like to use fletching tape, does anyone know how well this will stick to spray paint????  I know I can test it out easy enough, but figured I'd ask first.

DR

good Idea I think I will give it a try also.
I work at sheely's furniture store and do wood repair work that being said.we use all kinds of lacquers and we are inside of a building that is inside a building like 15 yards wide by 35 yards long and there is 8 of us spraying table tops and dressers and all kinds of furniture and we have no ventalation system at all.they should have spray booths or something.but so far it has'nt had no afe affe affe affe affect on mmmmmmeeee yyyeeettt.lol. its not really a laughing matter they should be made to do something about it.

Tape will adhere fine to spray paint. I do all my alums with spray paint with an over coating of clear and have not had a problem with the tape not sticking.

sweet, thanks.

I've been using the Wal-mart canned spray paint for years. After cleaning the shaft area to be painted with acetone and using masking tape to mark off the area, I put down a white coat first so that the final color will be stand out more. For variety, I often use two final colors and fade one into the other. A final coat of clear follows and I'm ready to apply the fletching in a couple of days to make sure that all of the paint is dry.

Thanks for the ideas guys. I have been using the adhesive, mouse pad, roll on stuff since I went to carbons...will have to give this a try.

I use spray paint for cresting, then seal with water base polly. I use Duco for fletching, never have any problems............James