Im going to start using wraps. Need advice

[burniegoeasily]

I boogered up the last of my practice arrows for one of my bows last night and need to refletch. I live in the sticks so running down to thepro shopto get wraps will be impossible. I remember reading somewhere that you could use bumper sticker material to make wrapes, has anyone ever done this or heard of it. I have never used a wrap, or even seen one on an arrow before so any advice will be appreciated. Im going with wraps to help alleviate the abuse on my shafts from frequent refletching.;

[kevin1]

Have you considered this:

Check out this video on how to crest your own arrows with spray paint . Forget the wraps !


Better than wraps ?

Properly applied laquer paint is harder and will take more abuse than plastic wraps , especially if it's baked on with a heat lamp .

[burniegoeasily]

Interesting kevin1 I never thought of that. I like that Idea much better. Thanks.

[Rick James]

The real benefit of wraps is peeling off everything when you refletch, with no damage to the shaft. What if you scratch or damage the spray paint?

I bought my wraps here.....

http://www.bowmanhunter.com/

Best prices I have seen at $4.50 per dozen. I have the whites on my hunting arrows w/ 2x white vanetec's, and one flour orange vanetec and they look sharp and are SOOOO easy to refletch. No endless scraping when I want to refletch. I just cut a slit down the wrap and peel it off.

[mobow]

Burnie, the spray paint works good. Here are mine done that way. Some guys had some trouble with the glue, but it works quite well.


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[bigbulls]

I too was going to suggest bowmanhunter as Rick James did. He makes excelent wraps and at a most excelent price. I have five dozen white wraps of his for later in the season.

I have done the spray paint thing in tha past and I prefer the wraps. They are much easier to apply, much quicker to apply, no mess, no taping anything, no fumes, they come off easier than paint.

By the time a person tapes up the shafts, sprays them all, and then waits for the paint to fully cure (24 hours) I could have wraped and fletched several dozen arrows.

[Dairy King]

I emailed bowmanhunter about a dozen 4 inch wraps for whenI was going to use Blazers. I was going to have him put "Dairy King" "Monster Bows" and "CP Oneida Eagle Bows" all spaced out so the words were in between the vanes. If I remember correctly, it would have only been 9.50. From what I've read, he's a great guy to do business with.

[kevin1]

ORIGINAL: bigbulls

I have done the spray paint thing in tha past and I prefer the wraps. They are much easier to apply, much quicker to apply, no mess, no taping anything, no fumes, they come off easier than paint.

You're assuming that the same arrows will be available to refletch later rather than being lost or broken . I don't know about you , but I lose a couple of dozen annually , and suffer at least 10-20% breakage/bending on the ones I don't lose .

ORIGINAL: bigbulls
By the time a person tapes up the shafts, sprays them all, and then waits for the paint to fully cure (24 hours) I could have wraped and fletched several dozen arrows.

The spray paint can be cured in less than an hour by baking it on with a floodlight or heat lamp . Painting allows for custom cresting that will be unique to your arrows , manufactured wraps can't say the same since anybody can buy them . Paint also adds far less weight , so FOC change is minimal .

[illbowhunter]

Wraps makes it nice when you have to remove the vanes. Just get the hair dryer out and peel them off. You're ready to start again.
I get mine from Adam at http://www.arrowwrapsunlimited.com/

[sprintflyer]

I have never tryed the spray paint but I just did some arrows yesterday with some wraps I got from Ebay. I will let you guys know how they hold up. They came out pretty good and were not bad to work with.