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I use a dental pick (old ones are free from my dentist) to wet out the adhesive to the feather. Just use the rounded portion and push the tape onto the feather. Then I use the pick end to grab the red release tape. Works well for me. I do add a drop of glue to each end of the feather. Using fletch tape really speeds up my arrow building since I only have one jig.
-------------------- "If I was afraid of a challenge, I'd put sights on my bow!" Posts: 1444 | From: Clarkston, Michigan | Registered: Feb 2004
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It takes a couple of arrows to get the hang of it, but once you get a little system down it's real simple. The hardest part is getting the top layer off the tape once it's on the feather so that you can stick it to the arrow. Remember to leave just a touch of tape longer than the feather when you cut it off; this makes it easier to remove the top layer. I can't believe anyone uses anything else anymore.
-------------------- “Sometimes the shark go away, sometimes he wouldn’t go away.” Quint, from Jaws Posts: 688 | From: Shreveport, LA | Registered: Jun 2006
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It's funny how everyone's mileage varies so much. My worst fletching experience involved Duco. I made up some woodies and shot them all summer without a hitch. Then I backpacked 8 miles up into the mountains for an elk hunt and about the second day my arrows started shedding feathers like my golden retriever sheds hair. Very weird and very disconcerting! It sure made me run back to Bohning fletch-tite pretty quick. I do have a couple of recently purchased rolls of tape and some wraps and I'm going to give it a go.
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I've noticed in the heat and humidity the feather seem to move around a bit on the shaft. I'm back to Beyond Bond glue from 3Rivers.
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