cresting on carbons?

[William Warren]

#3629

Anybody cresting on carbons? What paint? Will paint pens etc work?

Thanks

Duncan

[mikelee]

#22117

I just use wraps cuz I’m lazy . They look good and the fleching stays on better .:D

[Stephen Graf]

#22401

I use white spray-on lacquer from home depot. It really does a good job of sticking and drying smooth. The first set of arrows I taped a line so that it would have a clean edge. But after that, I have just sprayed it and I kind of like the fade look.

I learned to wait 24 hours before glueing feathers on though. Otherwise the glue can melt the lacquer a bit.

I don’t add any other colors, so I don’t know how the lines would look.

But I can say that I have refletched a few arrows. And it was easier than using wraps. Cut the fletching off, and rub with steel wool and the lacquer comes right off.

And at 4 dollars a can, it is way cheaper than wraps. I have done a bunch of arrows, and the can still feels pretty full.

[lyagooshka]

#22592

Duncan,

No experience what-so-ever. Just an idea. How do you think tape or shrink-wrap would work?

Alex

🙂

[Jason Wesbrock]

#22652

I use Rust-O-Leum, let it cure, and then top coat it with Minwax satin poly.

[William Warren]

#24286

Thanks, I’ll have to try the spray paint and experiment with the paint pens.

[Ralph]

#26176

Wonder if the acrylic paint (have had good luck w/wood and poly finish anyway) that I get in the hobby section of wally world might work? I always thin it a tad w/water. Umm have to experiment also. Might just flake off????

[Ripforce]

#28313

I crest them with sharpies and paint pens, they turn out great!

[kanati]

#39284

Just crested my first set of carbons with wraps and it worked great useing 3rivers instruction how to video on web site used the edge of a phone book for straight lines.Just learned about reflective wraps so gonna set up a few to try…Tired of looking for arrows in the dark when ALL I have to do is shine a light.

[tombow]

#39936

Did a little research and have a tip for those of us who use single color wraps:

Went to a local sign making shop and purchased a 2ft X 18″ sheet of adhesive backed vinyl to use for plain white wraps, paid $5 for the sheet. This sheet will yield about 72 wraps at 1″ by 6″ so cost would be about 7 cents a wrap, vs. close to a $1 each average purchased cost. They had several colors but I use white for arrow visibility. So far they have proven very durable as my broadhead target is taking a single-bevel beating as of late. Since I have been testing various feather configurations, the wraps allow me, once have settled on the fletching combo that works best, to change out feathers by removing feathers and wrap together, then re-wrapping and refletching.

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