How often to you wax your bow string?
 

How often do you wax your bow string? Can you wax it to much? A little info would help a bunch. Thanks.:)

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

If i do a lot of shooting i try and wax mine a little after every shooting session. If i don' t shoot that much then about every 2/3 times i shoot. I keep a watch on my string and i can usually tell when i need to wax it. I don' t really know if you can wax one to much or not.

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

hello i wax my string whenever i feel the string and it dont feel wax on your fingers.
and every time i shoot

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

You can' t wax it too much......I wax mine before each shoot......Before I learned the importance of keeping my string waxed, it would get dry and start making a noise when drawing.......I waxed the string and it quietend down....Dry strings means the fibers are wearing..........

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

everytime i shoot period.

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

Actually you would be surprised to find out that professinal string builders DON' T reccomend waxing a string very often,if at all.As a matter of fact,the majority will remove a certain amount of wax before buildind a string.


So the answer is a resounding,YES,a string can be waxed too much.You can wax the cables more than the string but a string needs very little waxing and too much can actually affect accuracy.The main reason most wax a string is so it doesn' t start to fray,but the fraying doesn' t hurt the string.I wax my string VERY LIGHTLY about 2 times a year so the occasional rain showers in a 3-d tournament doesn' t soak into the string.My string builder frowns on me doing it this much but I can' t help myself.And no,he doesn' t frown because he want to sell me a new string once a year.He said I could leave it alone for about 3 years before I need to replace it.That is with a lot of shooting.



This should get a response,as it goes totally against the grain of what the vast majority believe.[:-]

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

I agree with you TFOX! I only wax my string about twice a year....once before I start shooting in the spring and once right before season(only to keep moisture from soaking it).

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

Oh, I do occasionally wax the cable and string were they go through the cable slide, but even that is only a few times a year.

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

I wax mine a couple times a year and then very sparingly. I think that the wax could causes some drag and can slow down the speed.

RE: How often to you wax your bow string?
 

Since IMO they are the best string makers in the World

I will do as they say:D I wax often;)