wood arrow question

[GG]

On the point end of wood arrows, do you stain & polyurethane the taper. Will this interfere with the bond when using hot melt glue.

[Bjorn]

Scrape the point taper before gluing.

[Kingstaken]

I stain and poly on full length arrows. Cut and taper afterwards. If bare wood is not covered, you can touch if stained.

[chesapeakeblend]

I was wondering the same thing.

It seems if you do the tapering before the staining and all you would get a better seal on the wood.  Then you could put a rough sand on it before gluing couldn't you?

[GG]

What's the best fletch glue to adhere to polyurethane?

[Kingstaken]

I use fletch tape, works great and fast and add a touch of fletch tite glue to both ends of fletch.
Some just use fletch tite glue.

[SlowBowinMO]

GG, Duco is the bomb on poly if you want glue.  Fletch Tape works well also.

[Rico]

I taper first stain/poly down to the point hang from clothes pin using taper point when appling poly

[Aeronut]

Run a tap into the ferrule of your points and a die onto the point taper.  Also clean out the ferrule with acetone or carb cleaner.  Makes a very good bond.

Dennis

[GG]

Thanks for all the info.