help! arrow problems!

[Joe Jordan]

( a little long)

I am haveing a bit of a problem, and could use some help. A few months ago i bought some ceder shafts from 3rivers archery, with the intent of building more arrows for target shooting.
With one thing or another,(2 floods, moveing in and out of the house 2 times), i just recently got back to this project. I am haveing a problem with the arrows takeing the white primerbase coat paint for cresting. I began as normal, sanded the shafts with 150 grit sandpaper, moved up to 250 resanded, used some steal wool to check for any bad spots in the wood, use a tack cloth to clean any lingering dust or bit of steel wool, dipped them in fletch lac clear. I let the arrows dry for a day, had to take care of some stuff at the house, and began to prepare for a demo that weekend. The next night I began dipping the arrows in fletch lac white to prep for cresting. At this time i noticed that of the 2 dozen shats only 2-3 where takeing paint correctly. The rest all streak, or have spots that the paint will not take on the shafts at all no matter how many times i dip them, I am at a total lose on what to do.
I have tried resanding, useing thinner to make sure there was nothing on the shafts, re dipped in blue clear in case there was something wrong with the regular clear, and i am still haveing the same streaks and bare spots. HELP!!! anyone have any advice at all ??

[Art B]

Hope you're not using a Wal-Mart tack rag! Had a problem with 'em myself using polyurethane for a finish. Finish took days to finally set from just tacking down the shafts. I now buy mine from NAPA Auto Parts stores and that solved that problem. Also had a problem with their paint cleaning solvent (for brush cleaning) that caused the same problem.

The above mentioned problems I experienced may or may not be your solution but since you mentioned using a tack rag that's the first that came to mind. Hope you get it figured out.-ART B