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What glue are you using for carbons?

Started by adeeden, February 15, 2009, 10:14:00 AM

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adeeden

I have got to the point where I am going to have to refletch some carbons real soon. I have fletched lots of woodies and allminums but never carbons! I am not sure what glue will work well as it seems there's alot of them out there! If anyone has a sggestion I would appreciate it. Also can I prep with alcohol or is something else needed?

Thanks in advance!
"I would rather be lucky then good, any day!"

Stone Knife

I use fletch-tite platinum and never had a feather come loose or off not even after an arrow had been lost for a long period of time. For me there is no other on carbon.
Proverbs 12:27
The lazy do not roast any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.


John 14:6

NDTerminator

Fletch Tite Platinum works just peachy on both carbons & alums. Prep with a light wipe of Acetone.  I have absolutely no problem losing vanes...

Here's a tip, if you are having problems losing feathers/vanes with any glue, use arrow wraps on your arrows and fletch over that.  Onestringer sells solid color wraps which are very inexpensive but very good quality.  I like wraps on my arrows anyway, so keep a good supply of theirs on hand in various patterns & colors...

Also, don't use old glue.  Once I open a tube if it's not empty in 8 weeks, I throw it.

Also I gave up on the mess & bother of epoxy for putting inserts in carbons.  Hot Melt is way easier to work with (both putting inserts in & taking them out) and works just fine...
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Big Riser

I tried platinum ,didnt like it on carbons,feathers peeled off, now trying saunder NPV so far its ok. when using alcohol, use denatured alcohol. never use rubbing alcohol it has oil in it.
Frank

blind one

If I want something quick,I use goattuff or AAE gell. The only problem is that it will make your wraps white if you use too much glue. If Im not in a hurry I also use fletch tite platinum. The white tube of fletch tite isnt for use on carbons....Roy
"To die is nothing. One is here, One is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'"...

Jason R. Wesbrock


katman

I prefer fletch tape then a dot of fletch-tite platinum on the ends. 91% isopropyl alcohol or acetone will work as prep cleaner, as stated the 70% rubbing alcohol has oil in it. Good point that old glue doesn't work very well.
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JRY309

For carbons I like to use arrow wraps for they are easier to redo later without having to scrap the carbon shaft and use Fletch-tite Platinum.I wipe the shaft with alcohol and then put on a wrap.Solid color wraps are inexpensive these days or Onestringer.com has some great looking traditional style wraps and many lengths and widiths at excellent prices and customer service.

adeeden

QuoteOriginally posted by Jason R. Wesbrock:
Loc-Tite superglue gel.
That was the answer I was hoping for!
"I would rather be lucky then good, any day!"

tim roberts

The NPV glue works great for feathers .  I learned a long time ago that hot melt will come undone in different tempratures.  Since learning that I use only 24 hour epoxy, I guess if it will fail on a target it can fail on an animal.  
Thanks,
Tim

TGMM Family of the Bow

I guess if we run into the bear that is making these tracks, we oughta just get off the trail.......He seems to like it!  
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metsastaja

I use tape and a bit of superglue on the ends. I always wipe down the carbon wiht a tad of acetone after removing all of the old fletch and previous bonding material.

I gave up hot melt for carbon inserts here in Florida. During hot days of shooting into black layered foam target they just couldn't stand the heat..
Les Heilakka
TGMM Family of the Bow  
Some times the uneventful nights are just as good if not better than the eventful ones

Squint

I too,only use Loc-tite superglue gel.Cant get the feathers off.

dino

Really depends on the carbons that you are fletching.  For Easton carbons (MFX, Axis, Bemans, ect...), superglue is the best.  Platinum does not hold longterm.  The draw back to superglue is cleaning the shaft off when refletching them.  Superglue is a pain to remove.  
CX, GT, AD, and any carbon with wraps install you can use bohning platinum.  It holds good and easier to clean off and refletch when necessary.  If I can avoid it I won't use superglue on my personal shafts just becuase of the pain the it is to clean and refletch them again. dino
"The most demanding thing you can ask of a piece of wood is for it to become an arrow shaft. You reduce it to the smallest of dimension yet ask it to remain it's strongest, straightest and most durable." Bill Sweetland

Dave2old

Another vote for Duco. It's cheap, available everywhere, and works great (for me) on wood, aluminum and carbon. However, I admit I've only recently started shooting carbons primarily to experiment with maximizing Ashby's advice, so I don't have years of experience. However, even with the extremely tail-tapered GrizzlyStik shafts, Duco gets it done. dave

Sharp Shooter

Fletching tape works great with wraps when it time to refletch, the old fletching can be peeled off without damaging the wraps.

Plumber


vtmtnman

I use CA glue from our local hobby store.The kind for building R/C airplane frames from Balsa wood.I get a 2oz bottle of medium for 8.99.Lasts a long time for me.I'd never waste money on a "fletching" glue.Stuff dries in 10-15 seconds.I can do an entire arrow in 3-4(or less) minutes.And I've run them though targets and into the ground with my compound and my curve,and they never came off.
>>>>--TGMM family of the bow--->

ilarcher

I'm another one that uses the Loc-tite superglue gel. My local wally world has it for $2.38 each in the control gel dispenser.

I perfer goat tuff for inserts, but I can't beat loc-tite for vanes or feathers.

I have been useing it for the last year and have never lost a fletching yet.
Brent Wolber
IBEP Instructor
I live for ARCHERY!

James Wrenn

fletch-tite platinum Never had any problems if the shaft was clean.
....Quality deer management means shooting them before they get tough....


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