good "modern" glue for fletching wrapping?

[blades7558]

im doing 2 dozen arrows for a friend of mine and he having seen my sticky fingered anger on humid days has asked if i could use a better glue than hide glue to wrap his arrows with. im thinking about using string serving to wrap with but im not sure what would be a good glue to soak into the string. any suggestions?

[Pat B]

You can use TBIII, super glue, Duco or epoxy to seal wraps. Even with sinew these glues work. I generally use sinew, art sinew or silk thread for wraps and have used all the above glues with good results.

[El Destructo]

I second what Pat said...but I prefer to use either Super Glue...or TiteBond myself....if and only if I don't use Hide Glue.....jmo.

[Marc St Louis]

This is not for a wrap but I have found that water base contact cement make for an incredible glue for fletching arrows, much better than the old contact cement.  Sticks like you wouldn't believe, just make sure everything is aligned before you touch the 2 together as they are a bugger to take apart after.  For a wrap I like Fish glue with a sealant, such as Tung oil, over-top

[bow-toxo]

im doing 2 dozen arrows for a friend of mine and he having seen my sticky fingered anger on humid days has asked if i could use a better glue than hide glue to wrap his arrows with. im thinking about using string serving to wrap with but im not sure what would be a good glue to soak into the string. any suggestions?

I find that birch tar, like they used to use in the original wrappings, works great, not only to set the string, but also to adjust the fletching to helical when desired. I mfind it so much better than applications of modern chemical crap.

                                                                                  Erik

[NorthernArcher]

Fletch Tite, Duco Cement, or whatever other fletching glue you have on hand will do nicely.  You might also try coating the wraps with whatever finish you are using on the arrows.  I would imagine that just about any modern glue would do the job.  Just pick one that goes on thin and dries clear (like super glue).

As far as primitive approaches, I have used spirit varnish to seal sinew wraps, and it does take a LONG time to dry.  Could have something to do with how I made the varnish, but I don't know.  Plus, it wore off rather quickly.  What I do now is use warm hide glue (knox gelatin) to seal the sinew wraps.  It dries faster, dries hard, and doesn't wear off like the spirit varnish did, because it penetrates the sinew and binds it all together very nicely.  It only gets tacky if it gets wet, which is where a coat of oil, grease, wax, or modern glue would be helpful.

[WVFishFearMe]

Head cement for fly tying is tough, stays a bit flexible, and is waterproof. Penetrates well but needs two coats.

[Pat B]

NorthernArcher, if you use hard brittle pitch for spirit varnish it will cure hard as soon as the solvent evaporates. If I can't find hard varnish I cook the turps out until it gets hard. I do the same for pitch glue.
  I use spirit varnish to seal primitive arrows and to seal all sinew wraps on arrows.

[crooketarrow]

  Delco

[George Tsoukalas]

The only modern glue I use for fletching is Duco. I still wrap using art sinew. Then coat with Duco. Jawge

[mullet]

 I wrap with real sinew soaked in TB3 and stick fletching on with Loctite Ultra Gel.

[Tom Leemans]

I wrap with silk floss, then apply the new brush-on Krazy glue that goes on purple and dries clear.