Fully painted shafts

[Brianlocal3]

Those are great.

As far as dyes go, I am playing with rit dyes too, just not getting the color  looking for

[Cootling]

Back when I was a kid, I bought shafts by the thousand and dipped with thinned automotive lacquer.  It worked very well.  In fact, I has some that were shot heavily back then and still are holding up great thirty years later.

I probably should not have done it indoors.  Probably explains a few of my more endearing quirks!

[frankwright]

I had a video years ago of Paul Brunner making arrows and he recommended wiping the shafts with the paint color of choice. Two or three coats depending on what you wanted.
This gave the arrows a nice color but still let the grain show through. I did a bunch over the years but they are all lost or broken by now.

[Brianlocal3]

Ttt

My fully painted arrows are holding up well.
I just picked up some rustolem classic blue today , thinned it and did my first full dip instead of wipe on.
Also gonna get some baby blue made up to do like the old arrows .

I'm in a debate right now with myself as I made some sitkas in classic form , but I'm really enjoying the look of fully painted.

[Gator1]

Those are some sharp looking arrows..

 

[M60gunner]

I am watching this thread and the one on target burn for some new info. I also want to do full length shafts. Right now the only paint I would trust is Fletch-Laq. It has been around for many years and still available unlike the auto paints of old.

[Bud B.]

I bought some exterior latex flat paint and had it mixed in yellow. I have three shafts ready for dipping, but, not enough time to do it right now.

[Brianlocal3]

Here is one I dipped. This is the rustolem classic blue you see next to safety yellow and red. I thinned it down , 5oz of mineral, 6 or 7 oz of blue. One dip. This pic is of no poly coats yet.
My other blue in earlier thread is hobby lobby paint I wiped on.
 

This one is Krylon pumpkin orange spray paint. 4 coats of wipe on poly
 

[M60gunner]

Brian,
I like the blue. Was there a white color in the same paint. Does the paint "feel" like an enamel?
I just picked a doz. Acme cedars out of my stash, all the same spine and no more than 5 grains diff in weight. I am going to make them up for Long Bow Safari this July. Hence my interest in your progress.

[Brianlocal3]

Yes, there is a white also. And it dries hard and slick to the touch, just like the industrial enamel I use at work.  
I just put my 4th coat of poly on the shaft, I'll take a pic when I get home from work.

[M60gunner]

Thanks Brian for doing the leg work on this project. I really like that blue. I am thinking of mixing white with some blue to get a lighter shade. I am thinking the lighter blue will show up better on the desert floor when I miss.

[Brianlocal3]

If you hold off I'm buying some baby/sky blue this week to try.  I'll let you know how it works .

Krylon sells periwinkle that's pretty cool

 

This is a practice shaft of mine (cresting is thick)

[Gator1]

Nice work on these,  the creativity here never ceases to amaze me.

 

[foxbo]

If you use a ploy coat over the paint for protection, then use the Massey finish, you'll have a very hard durable finish which does better with target burn. If you don't use the coat of poly first, the Massey finish will strip the paint from the shaft due to the acetone. It's easy to make. Just use the twin tubes of the 2ton Epoxy glue. Squirt about half into a baby food jar and then add a couple oz. of acetone and stir well. Wipe on with a 3"x3" piece of old tee shirt or under wear. Let dry over night, buff with 0000 steel wool in between coats and do about four to five coats. It's the best finish I've used and I do all my wooden arrows with this method.

[Brianlocal3]

I think I have found a winner !!!
I'm loving this
 

[Bud B.]

Finally got around to dipping and cresting some yellow Pearson style.

These will have two green hens and black parabolic cock feather with green snap-on nocks. My wife picked the colors.

   

[Brianlocal3]

Bud,
Those turned out looking really nice . I'm liking that combo!!

[Green]

Nicely done!

[Shakes.602]

I have several ALL Black "Ninja" Arrows, as My Granddaughter calls them. hahaha

[Bud B.]

Finished