What happened to fletching glue?

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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#11 Post by Captainkirk »

It was a good theory.
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Re: What happened to fletching glue?

#12 Post by Graps »

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?

#13 Post by Shadowhntr »

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?

#14 Post by Carpdaddy »

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?

#15 Post by Shadowhntr »

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?

#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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