What happened to fletching glue?
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?
I'm guessing that the glue has gone by the wayside because of the slip on fletching they now have .
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?
I use duco a lot on my woodies, and with the finish i use, i have to use it, or tape, or nitrocellulose. I have found it on occation here at Ace hardware stores, but most times I order it from supplies stores like 3R or Kustom King. 3R sells it for ball park $3.75. I think Ace was closer to $5 but is the big tube and no shipping. Definitely harder to find and more expensive then it was several years ago, but I think its still worth it for as many arrows as i can build with a tube.
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?
I still have duco for my wood and cane arrows but it doesn't do as well on carbon, never tried it on aluminum. I still get some type of weird enjoyment out of hunting with my cane arrows but carbon makes things so much easier that I use them most often.
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?
In my experience, duco and aluminums dont play well together. Seems to pop right off after a very short time.
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?
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.
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.
Re: What happened to fletching glue?
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?
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?
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
Re: What happened to fletching glue?
Some Walmarts carry Duco, Family Center here (farm store) has always had it, sometimes ace or Westlake hardware stores.