IUSEPSE

This is my first post to this forum. I discovered this site a few days ago when I was researching "arrow cresting". I found several informative post's on this topic since joining. My wife and children bought me a cresting kit this past year for my birthday and I finally got around to tinkering with it. The photo that I have attached is my first attempt at this. There are a couple of questions that I have that I hope some of you with more experience can answer.

1) Where the paint is applied to the shaft to create the cresting, it feels "ridgey". I understand that applying the paint increases the circumference, but would that indicate I have applied too much paint?

2) If the answer to question #1 is yes, will this affect the flight of the arrow? Do I need to thin the paint down further? Can you use fine grit sandpaper to smooth them down without hurting the finish?

3) I will be trying flex bond adhesive with Bohning Blazer fletchings. Has anyone use this adhesive with the lacquer paint and what were the results?

Not sure if these are the exact colors I will be using. My intentions are to use orange vanes with either a white or green cock vane. I think the pattern on the bottom though is the one that I like most though. Thank you for any input to my questions. I look forward to participating more with this forum in the future. Mike

Rob/PA Bowyer

First, welcome to the forums, glad to have you especially since your first post is amazing...

Second. WOW, simply beautiful and I look forward to more of what you add to the forums.

Third, Check out this great thread one of our own made on this very subject...http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1399868&mpage=1

Again, Michael, welcome to the forums.

IUSEPSE

Thank you for the compliment Rob. The thread you refered to is the first one I found when I started my search. It was very helpful and informative.