Removing Fletching glue
#1
Removing Fletching glue
How do you get the excess fletchin glue off of your shafts after you remove the fletching. I used bohnings fletching removal tool to get the fletching off but I still have some excess glue on there. How can I get it removed? Thanks.
Jeremy
Jeremy
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 1,284
RE: Removing Fletching glue
Denatured alcohol and acetone work well for me.If there isn't muchglue lefton the shaft after fletching removali use the alcohol but if there's still quite a bitleft onthen i use the acetone. I know some guys who soak the ends of the shaft in acetone but i personally don't see the need to do that, i just put some on a rag and rub lightly and it works well.
#5
RE: Removing Fletching glue
Acetone works ok, but I couldn't get the new fletchings to stick to the arrows worth a darn after using it. I think you have to wash/scrub the arrows to get the acetone off afterward, even though it looks like it evaporates away.
What works better for me is Steel Force Beyond Clean arrow soap/cleaner. Just a little bit of that and a plastic green sos-type pad takes everything off, no problem. I've never had any issues with the new fletchings not sticking afterward, either. It's maybe not quite as cheap as acetone, but it's pretty inexpensive.
What works better for me is Steel Force Beyond Clean arrow soap/cleaner. Just a little bit of that and a plastic green sos-type pad takes everything off, no problem. I've never had any issues with the new fletchings not sticking afterward, either. It's maybe not quite as cheap as acetone, but it's pretty inexpensive.
#7
RE: Removing Fletching glue
ORIGINAL: marcusjb
Take a knife and lightly scrape it at an angle. Works for me.
Take a knife and lightly scrape it at an angle. Works for me.
Point being...alcohol is your friend here.