Tight?...why yes, I resemble that remark!

[olddogrib]

Anybody know of a good way to quickly get blood out of fletching before it's hopeless, which seems to be about 15 minutes?  No, I'm not an ingrate!  I try to take a few minutes to observe the native custom of placing a branch in the animals's mouth while giving thanks to the Creator, praying that I'm worthy of its life. It's just that re-fletching isn't my favorite pastime.  I carry a water bottle and bandana, which will adequately clean the shaft, but no matter how much wiping I do, the feathers are a mess.  Seems the vital area stuff is the gummiest!  I haven't tried steaming, but I figure by that time it's wasted effort. Maybe I should just add a prayer for gratitude and patience! Vanes, the only thing I miss from my unenlightened "wheelie" days LOL!

[smokin joe]

Take your arrow to the kitchen sink and gently, but thoroughly,  clean it with warm soapy water. Then rinse it. Let it completely air dry -- in the sun, if possible.

The feathers will be pretty matted down after that, but they will be clean.

Then hold it over the escaping steam from a whistling tea kettle. The steam will pop the feathers back into shape.

[Al Dean]

X2 on the washing with soap and warm water when you get home.

[Rob W.]

X3 on what smokin joe said. After that I usually shoot them completly through an old bag taget. The seem to come back to life.

[Bill Carlsen]

Smokin joe knows what he is talking about.

[The Night Stalker]

If you know someone that works in the OR, they make a enzymatic solution that removes blood from instruments. Great stuff. I use it in the wash also if I get blood on my hunting clothes.

[Danny Rowan]

Yep dish soap works real good, done it many times and it cleans the fletch right up, after it dries a little steam will fluff them right back up.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

After drying, steam from a tea pot will fluff them up nicely.