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Offline Stone Knife

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Glue for micro flights
« on: June 28, 2010, 06:00:00 AM »
I made up some Micro Flights for my wife I dipped them in Bohning white even ruffed them up first used fletch-tite platnum, the dip flakes off along with the feathers, I even ruffed them up and cleaned them good. What glue works the best on a bare shaft or would a wrap be the ticket. I'm sure someone on this forum still shoots them like we do.
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Offline Tom I.

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2010, 09:31:00 AM »
Jim,
I've never tried dipping, but have sprayed M. J. Log and Dura-flite shafts with Rustoleum spray paints with success.  Never done Micro-flites, but some that I have that were capped and crested professionally have some paint chips missing. Fletching tape works the best for me on all shafts.
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Offline d. ward

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2010, 09:33:00 AM »
I"ve use eather 3M and Duco on micros and it seemed for my money eather worked great its still holding the fletching in place on my shafts several years later.However Duco will melt 99% of cresting paints but it really holds bd

Offline Abear

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2010, 10:42:00 AM »
go over with clear should work,

Offline lesaint45

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2010, 06:08:00 PM »
Use 3m Scotch Cal the red tube.  This is what Northwest Archery recomended years ago for Micro flite and Aluminum and it still works today. Larry

Offline MR BILL SHORTY

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2010, 07:02:00 PM »
WHATS 3M SCOTCH CAL THE RED TUBE???

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2010, 07:43:00 PM »
I spray painted a yellow crown on some micro flites and used fletch tape. worked good and fletch is still holding. I used Rustoleom also.
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Offline Jon Stewart

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2010, 07:47:00 PM »
45:  I have been using 3M for many years and now the tubes that I have been getting lately kind of glob out of the tube.  I had to return 6 tubes to 3M in the past 3 months.

Mr shorty.  Scotch 3m super Strength is what I have been using.  Comes in a red and white tube.

Offline mahantango

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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2010, 04:44:00 PM »
I've used Krylon spray bombs on Microflights. Scuffed with Scotchbright, cleaned with denatured alcohol, then sprayed. Fletched with Bohning fletchtape and a drop of superglue. So far holding well.
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Re: Glue for micro flights
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2010, 07:35:00 PM »
Back in the day I would clean the shaft with accetone, then smear pliobond on the fletching area.  When dry apply the fletching with regular fletch tite.  You could not tear the feathers off.  It bonds hard.

Now they did not look sogreat since there wqs no cresting or paint on the shaft, but they held the fletching solid.  

This wa on hunting arrows so who cared what they looked like.
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