rust-oleum never wet on feathers?

[wingnut]

Hey does this stuff work for waterproofing feathers?

Mike

I don't know anything about Neverwet, but I've been using Kiwi Camp Dry.  It works great and doesn't leave the feathers hard and brittle like other sprays I've used and seen.

[Gdpolk]

The NeverWet works well but is not abrasion resistant hardly at all. Depending on how much you shoot or how much wear your feathers get it may not be the best product.

Coincidentally, with higher FOC builds that are well tuned you can use significantly smaller fletchings without a loss of accuracy and broadhead steering. The smller shorter feathers seem to be far less effected by wetness. I've gone to shooting better tuned arrows with smaller fletchings and just don't worry about the wetness anymore. It's taken me a while to learn my form and fine tune my setup to be able to do so with confidence though.

[wingnut]

Durability is not really an issue as these will be treated before we head for AK and only shot a little up there.

Going to give it a try I think.

Mike

I'll  be interested in hearing the verdict!

Good luck on the hunt!

Bisch

[katman]

Reading on it sounds good, but I would keep it off the quill/adhesive since it has naphtha and acetone.

[old_goat2]

Yes, absolutely it works! Seems like it works better when bottle is freshly opened and solution is new, might want to treat twice since you're going someplace really wet! I've used it for a few years now. Apply it outdoors with wind at your back, stand arrows in a container for 24ish hours, it has stipulations about weather conditions ie heat and humidity to follow which might be tough to manage in your part of Texas! I've not had any issues with it effecting glue, feathers stay on just fine! I lost an arrow at the range a while back, it was subjected to a couple super wet heavy spring snows, one of which dumped over a foot of heavy slushy snow and when I found the arrow, the feathers looked just like they did when I lost it over a month before!

[The Night Stalker]

Mike, I put stuff called "water poof" on my feathers for Alaska. I have had good luck with it.

[Homey88]

I have been using it for the last couple of seasons,works great! When you are first applying it there is a smell but it goes away after drying.