coating arrow shafts?

[Bow Bum]

HA! I just couldn't help myself.  

[Mike Vines]

I use Parks wood floor finish.  It comes in a gallon container, is waterbased, comes in all 4 types of finish (gloss, semi, satin or matte).  I pour in dip tube and after dipping, I wait 24 hours before doing another coat.  I'm in no hurry when making arrows.  It's relaxin for me, shouldn't be rushed.  Also the finish goes with Testors paints real nice.

Parks wood floor finish can be bought at Home Depot (other places I'm sure too) for $38 a gallon.

1st dip is nock down, and the next 2 are done point down, which gives you a little more protection on the business end and a little bit of FOC from the finish running towards the point end

[flippnsticks]

What a beautiful set Rob. I  

[Bud B.]

I just bought a pint can of Minwax gloss polyurethane. I made the dip tube with 1/2" pvc with a 3 - 1 1/2 reducer to start. Then the 1 1/2 - 1/2 in the middle. With the pint can you can fill the tube for dipping a doz or more arrows then the excess can be poured back into the pint can. As cheap as the pvc tube is to build it'll be easy to make a new one when poly buildup  on the inside of the tube takes its toll after a few years.

One dip in the regular poly seems to be what I got with about four dips with the water based stuff.

I ain't shot'em yet to test durability.

[Lone Ranger]

I have found that you can crest then cover the cresting with a q-tip and polycrylic or other waterbased stuff then coat with polyu or polyeurathane with out the cresting paints smearing!
it works well and goes pretty fast- I will try and post pics when I finish the 7 arrows in the set I am doing now.

L.R.

[Craig]

Zip Guard, been using it for 25 years. I have arrows from when I first started and they shoot just like they did 25 years ago.

Need to use there gloss finish, it is a harder finish. If you want it to look like a satin finish just steel wool it.
Works with testors model paints and does not smell.

please post images no wider than 640 - it's easy to have photobucket do this for ya automatically -  how to autosize photobucket images  - thanx!