Here are a few Do's and Don'ts to help with your vane adhesion to any
type arrow shaft:
- Do - Use acetone, lacquer thinner, wood alcohol or isopropyl alcohol
if it is at least 97% pure.
- Do - Use a clean 100% cotton cloth. An old T-shirt works great.
- Do – Place your vanes (12) in the Fletcher’s Friend Vane Cleaning
tool or use the old slower method of placing one vane in the fletching
clamp before cleaning the base.
- Do - Wrap the cloth around a fingertip and apply a liberal amount
of solvent or dampen a folded cloth and wipe the 12 vanes vigorously.
- Do - Rub the base of the all-12 vane lengthwise once in each direction.
Move finger slightly to use a fresh surface on the return pass or turn
the folded cloth while wiping vanes.
- Do - Use a fresh area of cloth and new solvent on each vane or 12
vanes.
- Do - Clean and rub all carbon dust off carbon arrows
- Don't - Use rubbing alcohol, cotton balls, cotton swabs (Q-Tips) or
paper towels. They often contain oils and chemicals which interfere
with adhesion.
- Don't - Smoke near the fletching area.
- Don't - Use cloth that has been tumble dried with any of the fabric
softener sheets used in dryers.
Remember - If your vanes aren't sticking properly, check to see which surface
the glue is adhering better to.
Also, if you are having trouble it all boils down to one thing: Something
isn't getting clean.
Make sure you are using clean solvent and that your fletching tools are
clean.
I have pulled my arrows from the target, bales, foam or 3-D animals by placing
my hand over my Flex Fletch fletching to get a better grip on the arrow
for removal. I have done this for years and do not loose vanes. Flex Fletch
vanes come back to original fletching angles and still shoot accurately.
I do not recommend you pull arrows as I do, as I do not want you to blame
me if you have a few vanes come loose.
Thanks from your bowpro
Pat Norris |
