What happened to fletching glue?

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Longtrad
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#16 Post by Longtrad »

I can get duco here anytime for a bit under 3 bucks a tube, I like fletch tite better though. Super glue has worked well for me but i hate getting it on my fingers.

I think my next go I will try tape and then just add a dab of glue or epoxy on the end of the quills. hopefully I will get cleaner fletchings that way.

RMSG sells a whole mess of glues, the shipping is very fast from their store to my house so I use them a lot for orders.

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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#17 Post by Carpdaddy »

Like stated earlier Clay that Duco works great on wood & cane but not much for carbon or aluminum. I finally found some fletch-tite at Dicks. I love the tape also on Carbon.

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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#18 Post by Shadowhntr »

Clay, I too think Duco only really works good on certain sealers on wood shafts. Like you, I use fletchtite, superglue, and I think its called G2 by Gateway on other shafting. All it is, is a gel type super glue.
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#19 Post by Mitch Edwards »

I just use the loctite super glue on carbons and wood. Fletch tight on aluminum. For some reason duco never sets up for me. Maybe I got a bad batch

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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#20 Post by Jamesh76 »

Some Walmarts carry Duco, Family Center here (farm store) has always had it, sometimes ace or Westlake hardware stores.

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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#21 Post by stumper »

My walmart carries it near hunting season. Just saw two bottles the other day.
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#22 Post by Gamestalker »

I've always used Fletch Tite. I bought a new tube last year thinking that I was out. When I got home & was going thru my stuff, I found a tube that was hardly used. Now, I've got two tubes with one of them still unopened.... durn'd CRS disease acting up again! :oops:

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Ole Dave
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#23 Post by Ole Dave »

Don't know on the fletching glue, but I had some inside experience/information on the other adhesives.

I used Barge cement for years for varied things...then got a bad tube that wouldn't do squat...posted on another site and WOW!

Turns out that the solvent in the GOOD glues that made them stick was causing brain damage to the "huffers" who sit around trying to get stoned on sniffing glue...so the general user public was penalized by having the Govt require they remove the solvent that made it good to protect Johnny from huffin his brains out...

Dunno, but for sure the ingredients on an old tube of Barge and new sure changed! Many of the great things I used to get have gone by the way side in adhesives... I had enough stock of NPV and Fletch-Tite Silver I didn't need any...now I do and there isn't anywhere around that seems to carry it here...
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#24 Post by Longtrad »

I recently got my hands on a bottle of nvp arrow cement. Seems like it sets up more rubbery for lack of better word.


Is this good stuff?

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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#25 Post by Carpdaddy »

Longtrad wrote:I recently got my hands on a bottle of nvp arrow cement. Seems like it sets up more rubbery for lack of better word.


Is this good stuff?
Not familiar with it myself, if no one else answers then I guess you will be the tester.

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