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Old 06-08-2004 | 06:48 AM
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Arthur P
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Default RE: Fletching tape is da bomb

Jason, I've been using the tape for 3 years and I'm sold on the stuff. I've shot through the edge of a bag target and had the feathers stay firmly stuck. I shot one arrow through a bale of hay 30 times to see if I could make the feathers come loose. They didn't. I can only think of 3 feathers that have popped loose on me in the past 3 years. No worse than glue.

I've lost arrows and found them again months later, after laying sunbaked in 110 degree heat, rained on, snowed on, sleeted on and - even though the barbs were usually rotted off - the feather quills were still stuck firmly to the shaft. Arrows lost for a week or two just needed a little TLC over the steam to get the feathers revived and shooting again.

The tape sticks great on aluminum, carbon, fiberglass and wood arrow shafts. It sticks on all kinds of laquer, poly and paint finishes and cresting wraps. You don't mess up your crown dips or cresting when it's time to refletch. Just peel the feathers off, clean up the adhesive residue, carefully scrape the little spots of glue you tagged down the ends of your feathers with and refletch.

Only drawback about the tape is it doesn't work very well with plastic vanes. It's intended for feathers.
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