First attempt at capping and cresting.

[Jakeemt]

Spray paint cap, testors crest, clear coat on top. Not bad for a first attempt but, I need A-better skills (lol) B) better equipment like an actuall jig and not just chucking them in my drill! Lol. Learned some lessons along the way. No doubt will learn more.  

   

[Nuctech]

Those look great! I guess you could get better equipment but you certainly have some serious talent.

       Gabe

[Caughtandhobble]

They look super Brother... I really need to learn to do that.

Do you just tape off the bottom and spray paint?

[Jakeemt]

Yeah man. Painters tape, then grey prime, followed by white. I used rustoleum. The key I found is light coats.

[the rifleman]

I've been doing this for awhile, but I must say yours look much better than my results.  I have tried testors as well as acrylic enamel (craft paint) and mine always comes out looking like I wound it on like a feral on a fishing pole.  If I try to thin the paint it doesn't cover well.  My arrows look best when they are moving---stopped in the quiver and you notice how bad I am at cresting--stopped in the target and you notice how bad I am at shooting.  Nice work!!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I think your first attempt looks like you knew exactly what you are doing!!!! Great Job!

[Sam McMichael]

For a first attempt, I would say your mission was completely accomplished. Good work!

[Flying Dutchman]

They just look fantastic!

[Jakeemt]

Thanks guys! It actually was a lot of fun! Kinda relaxing and it definately demands patience!

[katman]

Excellent job!

[KYArcher]

Looks Good! I would say very nice for first attempt.  

[mbugland]

Those look fantastic for a first go at it.  I sharpie crested a few of mine, didn't try it with a drill.  I actually just picked up an erector set at a yard sale.... Going to try and piece together a jig with the motors, wheels and random pieces of cheesy angled metal in the box.

Some days I kinda wonder if life would be the same, not trying to do things on the cheap.... Even with all the money in the world, I think living on the cheap is half the fun.

Great job man!

[Wheels2]

You can make a simple but effective cresting jig.  Take a furring strip (1x3)and drive in two finishing nails so that they make an "X.  Then do the same at the other end, about a foot apart.  On the end of the base add a small section at a right angle on the end so tat it stick up to form a stop.  Lay the arrow in the cradle created by the crossed nails.  With slight pressure of your palm, you can spin the arrow so that it rotates as well as up against the end stop.
Same thing I use as a broadhead alignment check, just that the tip of the broadhead goes against the stop block.

[Valkyrie]

Very nice!  

Like anything good, this stuff takes time.  I have been tinkering with wood arrows as of late myself and for practice I have just been sealing them up with spar urethane and steel wool between coats, fletch and go.

This weekend I am doing up half a dozen I want to hunt with this fall.  I make my own salt water plugs from kits so I have a lot of experience with rattle cans.  Hands down, Rustoleum enamel spray cans are the top of the heap for the DIY hobbyist.  I don't get into airbrushing, etc but Rustoleum covers evenly, and dries hard and is durable.  Also, stay away from that cheap painters tape.  Use 3M.  Its worlds above the store brand stuff that tears and allows seeping of your paint lines.  

When these are done, I will post some pics.  They will be a plain white cap and white feathers.  For hunting deer I like white for tracking my shot and evaluating the blood of a hit.

[Mike Vines]

Nicely done.

[Steve Jr]

They look great.