Best way to UNwaterlog an arrow??

[moose eye levi]

Alright I found an old arrow of mine out in the woods ands it's waterlogged I'm pretty tight on my budget and was wondering if there is any way to salvage it....If anybody's got any give me your input thanks.

[Bjorn]

A cedar arrow should be no problem. Leave it in the sunshine for a couple of days and it will be fine. Carbon and aluminum tend to take on more water and are harder to deal with.

[Don Stokes]

I would let it dry slowly, and expect to rework the whole thing. The finish will be cracked from swelling, and the point will probably come off if you don't remount it.

I've salvaged a few, myself!

[straitera]

Dry woods naturally.

Bjorn, I've found alums & carbons are quickly recovered in a clothes dryer set on Perma-Press...especially if the wife's been b__t__ing a lot. Wups!! Gotta go!

[Old York]

Hang it straight by the point,
clip some weight to the nock,
let it dry out slow.

Sand off the finish when dry &
check for grain lifting...

[Keefer]

Moose,   If you ever build another set of arrows and think you might loose a few with the possability of finding them later let me tell you of a finish that amazed me...I wanted a low sheen arrow with a dull finish so I read up on soaking them with a finish called "Watco Danish Oil" I soaked them in a P.V.C.tube that I made for a week and pulled them out to dry for another week or so...They not only looked good but added somewhere around 20/30 grains if my memorie serves me right and that oil went deep into the shaft...I fletched with Duco and make sure they were dry before glueing...Humidity slows down the drying time so I stuck them in my boiler room to maintain the temps...Well I lost a few and found them about two years later and to my surprise they never swelled up but the feathers were faded bad and the field points were very rusty but the shaft was still true...If you want details P.M. me and I will be more then happy to walk you through the process...God Bless,  Keefers ,<")))><