Is Duco no more???

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[Paul/KS]

Hey Dave    Been wondering how you have been..?

To answer your question, the wallyworld on 24 just west of the G Y plant has had it but last I bought was from Ace hardware. I think Mike at The Nocking Point had some last time I was there too...

[Mike Most]

I hit the "family"  dollar and found it for 1.25 and then noticed it at Oriellys auto parts for 2 bucks.... later in the day...

[Tall Paul]

I recently saw it at a Family Dollar store here in Mississippi.

[Missouri CK]

Dave
weston has a do it best hardware store that carries it.  I'll second the fletch tape.  Besides that way I'm supporting mike at the nocking point.  U been hunting lately?

[Shakes.602]

I still Swear By Saunders NPV Fletching Glue!!! It  IS   The BOMB!!        

[KHALVERSON]

Originally posted by Fletcher:
Family Dollar is the best source.  If that doesn't work, let me know.

x2

[LA Trapper]

Went to an ACE today and all they stock is the plastic model Duco.  Not the original.  I asked, they don't handle the original any more.

So, we have an UPDATE!!!!!!

[Dave Bulla]

Paul/KS and Chris, how's things?

I've been real good other than crushing three fingers on my left hand back in July.  If I was a lefty I'd have been in trouble for shooting as it was index, middle and ring fingers crushed from the last joint out to the tip.  They are doing pretty good now but the middle finger break never grew back together because the bone was misaligned and the doctors said due to being crushed, they couldn't put a pin in it.  Doesn't hurt and range of motion is about 98% but I can feel the stub of the broken bone in the middle of my finger pad.  Supposedly it will eventually form a "fibrous bond" out of scar tissue but that could take close to a year or so.

Haven't been bow hunting much at all this year but have been putting all my effort into getting my kids out with rifles.  At 10 years old, Emmett can't pull a hunting weight bow but he can pull a trigger!  He got a real nice 9 point on the first day of the youth season up at the north end of Smithville lake.  One shot at 72 yards.  But I'll leave that story for another time in deference to the forum rules here.

I did have a little buck come in to my Montana decoy Wednesday evening but he was only a 3x2 so not legal.  Sure was funny seeing him react to the decoy.  He got in to about 15 yards from my tree and looked right at me.  Then he looked at the decoy, back at me, back at the decoy, at me etc 4 or 5 times then he just "shrugged" and walked to the decoy.  Same thing happened last year with a little buck.  Both were pulled off course from about 70 or 80 yards out.  Both came in and picked me off in my tree and both did the "look back and forth" thing then decided it was okay and came right in to the decoy.  As far as I'm concerned, they work!

Never had a mature buck come in yet  but the little guys are fooled.

[Sixby]

Dave and all, I have two other glues to suggest if you cannot find what you want. I Owned a bow shop and fletched thousands of arrows. I found a cement that is so strong that you cannot pull a fletch off an arrow after it has been out in the weather a year. Its called 3M super household adhesive. It is the ultimate fletch glue. After I started using it in never had one customer complaint out of hundreds of dozens of arrows delivered.,

Another that will work great and is extremely fast is Gorilla Super Glue with rubber added. It is a gel super glue and is much thicker than what you tried.

God bless and good luck, Steve

[Grey Taylor]

Steve, thanks for the leads. What finishes are those glues compatible with?

Guy

[Sixby]

Grey, I have used the 3M on just about everything including carbon. I would imagine that the Gorilla super glue will stick about anything too. I have not tried it on a lot of different finishes though.

I do use it on bow tips and some overlays including antler . I have never lost a bow tip with it and that says a lot. It is impact resistant and really sticks. It is a gel so not nearly as runny as regular super glue types.

As to the 3m. I lost an aluminum arrow up in the high mountains. Found it next year after 12 ft of snow had melted off and I could not pull the fletches. I had to cut them off .  It drys flexable and seems to hold forever without drying hard and brittle.

God bless you all, Steve

[Grey Taylor]

Thanks very much for the info, Steve.
I've located the Gorilla Glue but 3M has an extensive and somewhat confusing array of adhesives. Do you by any chance have a product number or something for that one?

Thanks,  Guy

[Sixby]

3M Super Strength Houshold Adhesive.

[Dave Bulla]

Thanks for the tip Sixby!

[Steve95]

I just bought some at a ACE. Couldn't find it at Lowes, Walmart or the farmers store. Very happy with this product and don't plan on changing, that's my mind set.

[Paul/KS]

Hey Dave,
Sorry to hear about your fingers Amigo. Glad you are getting out to hunt despite the injury.
Wish you would send some of those slow witted young bucks west...  
Hunt safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Paul

[AkDan]

Just a word of caution.   I fletch taped this fall.  Never had problems in the past.   Had all my feathers fall off.   If u use it be certain its compatible.   It works well with epoxy finish not for a hill of beans on water based.

[Ed Q]

I bought two tubes of Duco Cement at the Family Dollar store (not to be confused with Dollar General) in Red Oak, TX for $1.29 each.  It's the only place that I know of that carries it locally.  Otherwise, I've bought it before from 3Rivers, another sponsor on here.

Curious to try that 3M Super Adhesive, though.  The prolonged and intense Texas summer time heat did a number on some of the fletchings on which I used the Bohning fletch tape.

[Sal]

I bought a tube of the 3M super household adhesive from Kmart about 10 years ago, its in the black tube right? I didn't really get a chance to try it, it sat in the tool box for years and then it dried.

I remember it was kinda pricey.  Duco is so cheap and so good, its hard to beat.  Thank you for the tips on the Family Dollar.