ORIGINAL: BGfisher
ORIGINAL: early in
ORIGINAL: Bowtech 360
I never waxed my string and my string lasted me 3 years shooting about7k-8k shots on it.
I wouldn't brag about that.I wax my stringnumerous timeseach season.Best thing you can do for it.
I like to compare it to changing oil in cars. I once had a Citgo engineer tell me that changing oil every 3000 miles was a complete waste of oil and money. Just propaganda to make the oil companies money. He recommended changing the filter every 5000 miles and add a quart of oil. Then change everything at 10,000 miles. He said that oil does not lose it's properties. It just gets dirty. And this coming from a guy who's job it was to sell my company lubricants.
I think the same psychology could be applied to bow strings.
Well, I think the money your Citgo engineer friend saves onoil changes is going towards buying Crack, because engine oil does indeed lose properties/vescosity by way of what is called shearing. This is the break down of the molicules as the oil goes through very tight area's such as the oil pump, cylinders/oil rings, ect. Wax your strings guys.