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You can hand rub the bees wax/fat into the shaft until it heats up then lay it flat to cool. After that, wipe off the excess treatment and you should be fine. I chew the sinew to soften it and by doing so my saliva and the sinew makes it's own glue. Once that dries well I seal it with pitch varnish. For pitch varnish I use hard brittle pitch and dissolve it it denatured alcohol. Strain out the debris and keep it in a sealed jar and it last a long time. I seal all sinew wraps, fletching, self nocks and hafted head with this pitch varnish. Once the alcohol flashes off the pitch will set, hard and not sticky. I use pitch glue for stone and trade points with a sinew wrap.