removing feathers...(super glued)

whats the best way to remove feathers that have been put on with super glue type fletching adhesive, i really dont want to gouge these arrows , like i have in the past....
.......anybody figured this out yet?...


                   thanks,

[D]

What kind of arrows are they on??  I know acetone on a qtip will break down the superglue but it will screew up any type of clear or crest paint.

they are just black carbons,no cresting to worry about,...so..acetone breaks the glue down huh? does it soften it up or what ?

[Recurve50 LBS]

On my carbons and aluminum I carefully use a sharp box cutter. Not very much experiance getting old fletching off wood arrows but I did carefully remove some fletching with some sand paper. I'm sure someone will chime in and give some good tips for wood arrows.

[Car54]

I use to use a cheap potatoe peeler, it worked pretty well. But now I only use fetching tape so I no longer use it.

[JRY309]

You just have to be careful,thats why I always prefer to use wraps on my carbon arrows.Wraps make them so much easier to redo without having to scape off old feathers off the shaft.

[Reaper TN]

Yep, I use a boxcutter with a fresh blade at a shallow angle as not to cut into the carbon shaft.  Takes alot of time and totally sucks.      Use wraps and superglue when you refletch, I had to learn the hard way too.

[Zdogk9]

I use a DULL chisel, then four or five passes with a stainless steel pot scrubber, rough it up with 400 grit sand paper and it's ready to be re- fletched

[koops4]

What about removing feathers from woodies?  I have a couple cedar arrows that the feathers are looking bad.

[Alexander Traditional]

I have a Saunders Pro Stripper and it works good on aluminum. I will probably always use wraps since I started using carbons from what i've heard on this forum.

[McDave]

I use a Zip Strip, available at Cabelas and other places.  With a little practice, you can remove the fletches right down to the carbon without removing any carbon.  It's a little pricy, but well worth it in my opinion.

[huntmaster80]

knife and 220 sandpaper

[Hud]

http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/Goat-Tuff-Debonder/productinfo/1305/

You can call and ask if it will work on Super Glue.

[wooddamon1]

Originally posted by koops4:
What about removing feathers from woodies?  I have a couple cedar arrows that the feathers are looking bad.

I've done it with one of the red Bohning feather strippers that have a curved blade. The feathers were glued years ago with Bohning glue that came in the white tube. Very carefully then sand down any remaining quill/glue with 220...

Also works on carbons. I think I paid about $8 for the stripper at a big chain store.

[JamesV]

I spray my shafts, carbon and aluminium, with Bulldog adhesive promoter before fletching. Strip without any damage to the shafts and the fletching never comes off until you strip them.