Waxing trad string
04-04-2008 | 06:22 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Waxing trad string
You won't over-wax--excess wax will shoot out quick. Don't use excessive heat--you can damage the fibers in the string. If you use a piece of leather to burnish the string, be careful. Bare fingers are the safe bet--you'll quit before it gets too hot. Softer/synthetic waxes penetrate better than pure bee's wax. If you think your string needs waxing, it probably does.
Chad
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04-04-2008 | 08:36 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Waxing trad string
No real difference from a compound to a trad, except for the string type. If you have a flemish twist, you want to keep a good coat of wax on the twisted part under the loop. It creates a better wax weld. i like pure bees wax for a flemish string. If its a served loop or continous loopstring, ill use softer waxes. Bees wax does a great job on keeping a flemish string together with out the ends sticking out.
04-07-2008 | 07:10 AM
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RE: Waxing trad string
If you have a flemish twist, you want to keep a good coat of wax on the twisted part under the loop.
Chad?????
04-07-2008 | 08:50 AM
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Dominant Buck
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From: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
RE: Waxing trad string
ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
I have heard of guys dipping the end of their strings in solution to actually remove the wax in this area. Supposively, this is the area where most of the noise comes from in recurves and by removing all of the wax, it will quiet the bow. I have heard that wax is not needed in this area anyway. I've never tried it myself.
Chad?????
If you have a flemish twist, you want to keep a good coat of wax on the twisted part under the loop.
Chad?????
04-07-2008 | 11:36 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Waxing trad string
My concern would be the paint thinner might weaken the string, but I've heard Rob Lee recommends doing this for a quieter string. Getting the dye and wax out will make the material softer, so I guess it would make it quieter also.
Wouldn't worry me removing the wax--wax isn't what holds a flemish string together. It just makes it easier to make a flemish string (makes it tacky, holds the bundles together while you are working). I'd guess that removing the wax will make your string wear out faster--wax is a lubricant that helps reduce wear.
I haven't tried it--so far haven't needed to. May try it sooner or later, just to see how it effects the string.
Chad
Wouldn't worry me removing the wax--wax isn't what holds a flemish string together. It just makes it easier to make a flemish string (makes it tacky, holds the bundles together while you are working). I'd guess that removing the wax will make your string wear out faster--wax is a lubricant that helps reduce wear.
I haven't tried it--so far haven't needed to. May try it sooner or later, just to see how it effects the string.
Chad
04-07-2008 | 01:51 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Waxing trad string
ORIGINAL: LBR
My concern would be the paint thinner might weaken the string, but I've heard Rob Lee recommends doing this for a quieter string. Getting the dye and wax out will make the material softer, so I guess it would make it quieter also.
Wouldn't worry me removing the wax--wax isn't what holds a flemish string together. It just makes it easier to make a flemish string (makes it tacky, holds the bundles together while you are working). I'd guess that removing the wax will make your string wear out faster--wax is a lubricant that helps reduce wear.
I haven't tried it--so far haven't needed to. May try it sooner or later, just to see how it effects the string.
Chad
My concern would be the paint thinner might weaken the string, but I've heard Rob Lee recommends doing this for a quieter string. Getting the dye and wax out will make the material softer, so I guess it would make it quieter also.
Wouldn't worry me removing the wax--wax isn't what holds a flemish string together. It just makes it easier to make a flemish string (makes it tacky, holds the bundles together while you are working). I'd guess that removing the wax will make your string wear out faster--wax is a lubricant that helps reduce wear.
I haven't tried it--so far haven't needed to. May try it sooner or later, just to see how it effects the string.
Chad
Heck, if I wanted a quicker string, and if the bow tips could handle a quicker string, Id make it out of fast flight instead of darcron.
