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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Shooter_G22 on December 04, 2008, 07:30:27 pm

Title: bamboo glue???
Post by: Shooter_G22 on December 04, 2008, 07:30:27 pm

what is the best glue to use for fletching turky feathers to bamboo shafts...  i am having troubly keeping them on with duco and or even fletch tite...  should i be wraping them with some thread as well???

Title: Re: bamboo glue???
Post by: Auggie on December 04, 2008, 07:36:32 pm

Make sure you get the shaft sanded or scraped where the feathers will go,  and they will stay down. I use super glue or fletch tite. Thread doesnt hurt either.

Title: Re: bamboo glue???
Post by: mullet on December 04, 2008, 10:23:42 pm

 Sand them like Auggie said or Massey finish them or spray or dip them in Poly first.

Title: Re: bamboo glue???
Post by: Hillbilly on December 05, 2008, 09:37:18 am

Super glue or contact cement.