Two-tone arrows?

[Old York]

I like to crown dip my arrows and was wondering how to get more than one colour on the crown, without covering up the first colour. Any nifty ways to do this?   :confused:  

Thanks

[Dave Worden]

Mask off the different areas you want colored and spray paint them, rather that dipping.  Be sure to remove the tape before the paint is dry or you'll get ridges where paint dried against the tape.  After one color is thoroughly dry, mask again and paint the next color.

[arklongbowman]

Dave's suggestion is right on.  Spraying is the fastest and simplist way to go.  I have actually done some tri-color arrows and they turned out great.  I use Rustoleum paint, but you can try several and see what works for you.  Good Luck!

[frank bullitt]

Tim, member Jason Wesbrock did an atricle in TBM a couple years back on spray painting crowns. It was a great how-to! Might look it up. It reminded me of my set of shakespeare arrows from the 60's. Steve

[Old York]

Thanks gents. I use Bohning lacquer and maybe one of those little Preval DIY sprayers will work with this lacquer.

[Foxtail]

Tim,
I will never dip again after just finishing spraying 4 dozen arrows. I used Testor's enamel paints, which I picked up from the local hobby store. Tremendous range of colours- compared to what any of the archery shops can offer- and very nice colours too. Many of their colours are flat finish, but I simply picked up a can of the clear gloss enamel, and sprayed it over the flat colours. I was able to mask easily, and apply a couple colours. I then used their liquid enamel paints to obtain a great range of contrasting colour cresting.
And best of all, I don't have the odours that I ran into previously. I am sure that any paints have some odour related to them, but found that when I used the Bhoning product, it actually brought on my wife's asthma.