Removing fletching
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Allen TX USA
Posts: 86
Removing fletching
I have Beman ICS arrows with the stock fletching. Do you just take a knife and scrape off the old fletching or what? I don' t want to damage the shaft. I know there is a tool made just for this but I wasn' t able to find one at two stores yesterday and I would like to get going on this. Thanks
#4
RE: Removing fletching
Both above are correct, just use a dull knife and scrape the fletching off. I actually hold the knife perpendicular and scrape the residue off that way seems to work pretty good on my Carbon express terminator selects. Make sure you wipe the shafts down good with some denatured alcohol when your done getting the fletching off.
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma USA
Posts: 254
RE: Removing fletching
I use a dull knife to remove the fletching and as much of the glue as possible. Then I use acetone to remove what ever is remaining.
With alum' s I can ususally get most of the glue and fletching off with the dull knife, but with carbons I' m a little more cautious and rely on acetone to remove the remaining glue I cant get off with the dull knife.
With alum' s I can ususally get most of the glue and fletching off with the dull knife, but with carbons I' m a little more cautious and rely on acetone to remove the remaining glue I cant get off with the dull knife.
#10
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 2
RE: Removing fletching
Has anybody used Brake cleaner on their arrows to remove glue residue? My cousin and I have and found that the new glue sticks a little better to a shaft cleaned with brake cleaner and wiped off with a rag. Just my$.02