string-waxing??

[3Feathers]

How often do you wax your bow string?????

[jsweka]

Whenever it feels "dry".  Just depends on how much I'm shooting.

[Tucson-John]

+ 1

I also occasionally wax the "contact areas" and pay close attention to them. The serving / knock contact the entire loop that contacts the bow tips (both ends and pay close attention to grit, sand debris getting in those areas.

The string, picking up soil can wear the bow tips like a file if care is not exercised after a time. Remember these are areas of movement and pressure. An expensive bow can be ruined by abuse such as leaning on it, dragging it through soil and shooting often with debris in pivotal areas.

[traditional beagle]

When it starts to fuzz up a little.

[Siloutemirage]

do you wax the hard area or serving? i find it hard to wax this bit cause the wax doesnt melt as well. i did get a piece of leather and it worked alot nicer then useing my fingers... still curious about the hard areas of the string.  

[Rattus58]

Originally posted by 3Feathers:
How often do you wax your bow string?????

I actually think waxing your string is really important. I use beeswax or toilet ring wax on my strings and it wears well in the sun, rain, dust, sand, everything that we can throw at it here in Hawaii.... I'm not sure how cold would affect it, it affects me enough I don't think it would matter to my bow....  

Much Aloha...   :cool:

[Jerry Jeffer]

I wax often. I have several sticks of string wax (in my car, pack, shop, etc) so any time I have my bow near a stick of wax, I touch up. Keeps my string healthy and quiet. I do not wax the serving.

[cbCrow]

I'm kind of compulsive as I wax my string about every month faithfully and constantly check it. I don't wax the serving either.  

[Siloutemirage]

Originally posted by Jerry Jeffer:
I wax often. I have several sticks of string wax (in my car, pack, shop, etc) so any time I have my bow near a stick of wax, I touch up. Keeps my string healthy and quiet. I do not wax the serving.

thats what i thought. i was told when i bought my wheelie that you dont wax the serving... so i avoided it. i wasnt a 100% sure the same was for traditional but it made sense since they appear to be made very similarly. thanks!  

[straitera]

Wax is cheap. Not nearly as often as I should. When I see the smallest of frays.

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

50-50 bee's wax and toilet bowl ring wax. Whenever and wherever the string gets fuzzy and heavy on the contact points. Serving gets it too and it's all rubbed in with a piece of leather to heat up and melt the wax into the string.

[gjarcher]

I use BCY X-Wax on the string and Scorpion Venom Polymeric Fluid on the served areas.

Scorpion Venom will not build up, yet penetrates deep, is odorless, and is waterproof.

[kat]

Tim,
I wax mine about once per week. I use a combo of toilet seal and bees wax. I shoot a lot, so I feel that once per week is not too much.
Don't for get to unstring the bow, and get at those loops.

[CG]

I prefer not to wax the loops.  IMO, the wax in the loops keep more dirt particles trapped there that can be abrasive to the tips.