Silicon or fletch powder for waterproofing?

[30coupe]

Originally posted by pavan:
,,,Do not use underarm antiperperant spray deoderant, what a mess that made.

Pavan, did you use that on your arrows or your arm pits?

   

Arrows on a rainy day when I could find the scotch guard. I don't even use it for my arm pits anymore. So upset I was that I only use a crystal rock looking thing now, which works sort of, for my pits. I have not tried that on my arrows, yet.

[30coupe]

[Jeff Mccarthy]

Don't use the spray silicone if your feathers are put on with fletch tape. I makes them come right off.

[killinstuff]

Well tuned arrows=no need for junk on fletchings.

[hitman]

Baby bottle liners.

[Stone Knife]

I still have several bottles of the old school Dri-Tite I brush it on and forget about it.

[Jim Wright]

Dan Toelke put me on to Elmer's "Slide-All" Aerosol dry lubricant which works great to seal and rust-proof sharpened carbon steel broadheads. Yesterday I treated the fletching on an arrow  with it and today stuck it out in a drizzling rain, shot it a bit in my garage and repeated the process a couple of times and was impressed. The fletching still slightly separates and stands up a little on impact but it does not mat down at all and look like a drowned rat like wet fletching usually does. I simply sprayed it on and wiped away the dry film left on the shaft between the fletching, the tape is unaffected after a day,

[3arrows]

Goose feathers