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Author Topic: Cleaning Hunting Arrows  (Read 409 times)

Offline Interseptor

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Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« on: November 06, 2012, 04:22:00 PM »
What do you use to clean your carbon arrows after you run them threw a deer?
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Offline Rob W.

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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2012, 04:27:00 PM »
water.
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Offline awbowman

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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 04:39:00 PM »
warm water
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2012, 04:41:00 PM »
mine have always been broken unfortunately.

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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2012, 04:00:00 PM »
warm water and dawn dish soap
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2012, 04:04:00 PM »
I use warm water and a bit of very fine steel wool to clean mine.
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2012, 04:31:00 PM »
Hot water and dishwashing liquid even use dish brush on feathers if needed. Then put arrow in bathroom sink point down lean shaft against fingernail use blow drier to spin arrow by blowing on feathers until dry will spin better and better as they dry "kinda fun". Just make sure to wipe spray droplets off of mirror before wife comes in.
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2012, 06:32:00 PM »
2nd on hot water and dawn dish liquid.
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2012, 07:28:00 PM »
I cleaned mine also with dish soap, but first I just stripped off the wrap/feathers and cleaned the shaft. I'll just refletch it later, got plenty, no big deal.      :coffee:
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2012, 08:58:00 PM »
warm h2o
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Offline Brad Arnett

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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2012, 10:37:00 PM »
I clean the shaft with water and then clean the rest of the blood out of feathers with peroxide. Then use a hair dryer on the fletch while shaping them with my fingers until they are dry. They turn out just fine.

Before.

 

This is the arrow after. Good as new and has a little luck on it.

 

Offline Thumper Dunker

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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2012, 01:49:00 AM »
Dish soap and warm water the fletch will dry out and look fine. Got to try the peroxide.
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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2012, 09:03:00 AM »
Great shot on that buck Mr. Arnett!
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Offline toddster

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Re: Cleaning Hunting Arrows
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2012, 10:24:00 AM »
dawn and water, let them dry then spray them with dead down wind

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