Trouble fletching...

usa259 · Apr 10, 2017

I've built up several arrows and once I switched to Isopropyl alcohol (91%) I've had very little trouble getting the vanes to adhere. Just this past week I was finishing up a couple and the glue wouldn't cure. Did the glue go bad?

outrider58 · Apr 10, 2017

Maybe, if it was old. Are you fletching(as in traditional) or vaning? If vaning, why not try those 'quick vanes' that you dip into boiling water and they shrink to the shaft. They work great, I've been using them for years(since they first came out). They tend to be more durable than individually glued vanes.

kraftyone · Apr 10, 2017

outrider58 said:
Maybe, if it was old. Are you fletching(as in traditional) or vaning? If vaning, why not try those 'quick vanes' that you dip into boiling water and they shrink to the shaft. They work great, I've been using them for years(since they first came out). They tend to be more durable than individually glued vanes.

I have done both ways traditional vanes and the quick fletch and for the time and effort saved the quick fletch are the way to go

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Sticky · Apr 10, 2017

Most fletching adhesives today are cyanoacrylate based (super glue). They do go bad in time. You can extend the life by storing it in the fridge.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 10, 2017

Another vote for quick vanes.

DrSeuss · Apr 11, 2017

I must of had a bad batch with the quick vanes. They look great but I keep on losing vanes in flight. I'll be walking to the target and I'll find a vane and sure enough one of my arrows is missing a vane. Eventually all the arrows that I refletched with the quick vanes all failed and I replaced them with normal blazers.

kraftyone · Apr 11, 2017

Your talking about the ones that are heat shrinks onto the shafts? I have luckily never had that happen arrows I am curt shooting have had those fletchings on for two seasons

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steves1911 · Apr 11, 2017

I use loc Tite gel super glue with blazer vanes and an Arizona ez Fletcher. It fast all 3 vanes at once and they stay put even after passing through a deer.

outrider58 · Apr 11, 2017

I have had fletching fall off brand new arrows back in the olden days from bad glue. It happens.

Sticky · Apr 11, 2017

I'm still in the olden days.. I fletch on a Bitz, one at a time, use decent glue and rarely have any issues. I shoot field archery and we often aim for the hooter (the arrow in the middle of the X) so if you shoot the hooter, you can expect a busted pin nock, or a pierced vane. I have a few arrows in my quiver right now that I super-glued the vane back together to 'patch' the hole in em... :lol2:

4 archers that shoot well can pile all 16 arrows in the X. Someone's gonna get busted up, it's almost a guarantee, especially on the mid-range targets..

outrider58 · Apr 11, 2017

Sticky said:
I'm still in the olden days.. I fletch on a Bitz, one at a time, use decent glue and rarely have any issues. I shoot field archery and we often aim for the hooter (the arrow in the middle of the X) so if you shoot the hooter, you can expect a busted pin nock, or a pierced vane. I have a few arrows in my quiver right now that I super-glued the vane back together to 'patch' the hole in em...

4 archers that shoot well can pile all 16 arrows in the X. Someone's gonna get busted up, it's almost a guarantee, especially on the mid-range targets..

That's why I shoot at separate spots on my targets in my back yard. Too expensive. When I go to Neadwood where they have 40-70 yard ranges, I shoot at one spot, 2''x 2''. I rarely kill arrows doing that.

Sticky · Apr 11, 2017

outrider58 said:
That's why I shoot at separate spots on my targets in my back yard. Too expensive. When I go to Neadwood where they have 40-70 yard ranges, I shoot at one spot, 2''x 2''. I rarely kill arrows doing that.

I do the same when I am practicing at home, but in competition, that ain't an option... you gotta suck it up and pay the price of shooting well on occasion. We shoot 4 arrows each (4 archers in the rotation) at the same spot on many of the targets, so... that's life. :lol2:

Biggfoot44 · Apr 12, 2017

Twelve posts on MDS, and nobody brought up the other meaning of Fletch yet.

DrSeuss · Apr 12, 2017

kraftyone said:
Your talking about the ones that are heat shrinks onto the shafts? I have luckily never had that happen arrows I am curt shooting have had those fletchings on for two seasons

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Yup the heat shrink ones. I bought a pack at Dick's. The looked great, much better than my gluey mess. I was pretty disappointed when I started losing vanes.

kraftyone · Apr 12, 2017

DrSeuss said:
Yup the heat shrink ones. I bought a pack at Dick's. The looked great, much better than my gluey mess. I was pretty disappointed when I started losing vanes.

That sucks

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usa259 · Apr 20, 2017

Thanks for the input. I think I have found my issue. I hadn't shaken up the alcohol bottle in a while. Gave it a shake, a good shake and applied alcohol to both surfaces, applied glue and vane to shaft. GTG, no longer an issue.

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