which glue to use?

Toxophiliac · 01-19-2002, 09:05 PM

I went and got my capping suplies tonight, and ended up getting 3 cans of spray paint, and some minwax water-based ploycrylic clear gloss. What kind of fletching glue should I use over that? I bought some Duco and some fletch-tite instant gel.
Also, think that polycrylic would put a good finish for a bow? I got some wood restorer too, and I stripped an old bow with broken tips. It is non-functional, but the wood is beautiful. I thing it is Bocote, or maybe zebra. I don't know. It has white glass on the belly, and light green on the back. Pretty amazing the difference of the limbs comparing stripped to unstripped. Before I started stripping it I thought the limbs were creamy yellow. Boy was I mistaken now that they are bright white!

stealthycat · 01-19-2002, 09:49 PM

On the capping/crowing of the shafts, I spray paint, then using a big oil funnel I dip the shafts (after cresting ) in Minwax's polyacrylic. Then I dip them in after the polacrylic has dried in gasket laquer. It works quite well.

I refinished a bow using Formby's refinisher and Formby's Tung oil. Worked fine, but I will try true oil next time. I don't know that I'd use the polyacrylic on the wood or not - true oil and tung oil is the choice of people who have tried everything.

Toxophiliac · 01-19-2002, 09:56 PM

The formby's refinisher is what I used. I guess I will pick up some truoil from work.

I am hoping I wont have to go the gasket laquer route, hoping to glue directly to the polycrylic.

pat daily · 01-20-2002, 10:05 AM

I just finished my first set of woods solo. I put a 10" taper on the shafts, rit dye stained the entire arrow sunburst orange, and capped the end with rit black. steel wooled the whole thing. bought a $4.00 can of polyacrylic and used a piece of carpet sponge to apply the poly to the shafts, wipe it on heavy then wrap the sponge and squeegee the excess. using testors for $5.00 from wally i crested, then applied 5 coats of poly and then fletched using duco. i have shot these shafts into a wet target. Now can someone tell me WHY i need to use gasket lacquer? by the way I have a bunch of bohning products that I need to dispose of.

Lilhunter · 01-20-2002, 11:33 AM

I would use duco for fletching. I havent refinsihed a bow so I cant help ya there.

Toxophiliac · 01-20-2002, 11:49 AM

I am glad I am going to get to use the Duco. It looks like Walmart is the only place around here that has it. Meijers and home depot didn't have it. Only store that had respectable orange spray paint. I bought two 1 oz. tubes of Duco (97 cents, can't beat it), and figured I would never get to use it if it would work over the polycrylic. Does duco work for nocks too?

Lilhunter · 01-20-2002, 12:21 PM

97c ?? I am paying 2 bucks LOL!

Toxophiliac · 01-20-2002, 07:40 PM

That is what you get for living up there in Alaska! I would gladly pay $2 dollars for duco if I could live in Alaska. Black widow sells it for $3....can you believe that? If Duco would fit nicely in an envelope I would send some out to ya.

Lilhunter · 01-20-2002, 08:06 PM

heck the local pro shop is ordering the crap and charging 5 a tube LOL! Makes 2 bucks look pretty good <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>!

Toxophiliac · 01-20-2002, 08:14 PM

I'll send you a load in a box and you can sell it for cheaper than the proshop....lol