Feathers and hairspray

[Greywolfy/U.P. of Mi]

I'm out of time. I leave Friday night.  :D  

I forgot all about weather proofing my feathers.  I have no other option but to use hair spray.

Has anyone had experience using hair spray to weather proof your feathers? Good or bad.  :confused:  

If hairspray won't do the job, I'll resort to using baggies or baby bottle liners.

[Dave Worden]

I haven't tried it, but sounds like a good idea.  Good luck on your hunt.

[UK Bowman]

I use silicone lubricant, if you have any around the house?

[countrygirl]

WE tried it at a 3-d and the next day all the feathers fell off. Dina

[BigRonHuntAlot]

I think it reacts with the glue.  :confused:   I have used the Gibbs Feather lubricant and it works o.k.

[JEFF B]

use scotch gard it is a good spray iuse it all the time over here.  

[Tilbilly]

Tried it once. Colors ran, feathers got gummy.

A spray can of silicone tent waterproofing seems to work well. Hunting aside, I like it for roving when the ground is still dewy.

[shaft slinger]

got a brother that lives in texas ( where ever that is ) he got me a can of spray that the texans use on ther cowboy hats, can,t remember the name but supose to be the cats meow, will try it this winter, i can post the name tomorrow if any one is interested  :D

[Greywolfy/U.P. of Mi]

Sounds like the hairspray is a bad idea.  Also sounds like Scotchguard or silicone spray would be the ticket.

Anyone else?

[Greywolfy/U.P. of Mi]

Shaft slinger- I'm interested in the name and also in your results.  I've got some hats of the cowboy persuasion and haven't found anythng I'd be willing to put on 'em.  Thanks piiilllgr'm.

[Michael Peschek]

Rain & Stain Guard from Payless Shoe Source works good!

[AkDan]

Rain and stain!!!!  

or get some babby bottle liners, run your head down through the inside, so the open end is on the nock side of your arrow if you're using a bow quiver, it works quite well.

Hairspray will not hold up in the rain!

That said more often then not I do not water proof mine anymore.   I do carry a few liners though just in case.

[GrayRhino]

Bohning used to make DRI TITE.  It was a liquid silicon with a bush applicator.  It smells just like the Camp Dry aerosol.  I've been using both of them today.  I have an older bottle of Dry Tite and it works great.  The instructions also tell about usage on dry flies (ie, fishing).  So, if you can find a fly fishing shop nearby I'll bet they probably have the same sort of silicon liquid to keep flies dry and floating.  You brush it on your fletchings, but keep it off the glue line as I've been told it dissolves glue.  You only need to do one side of each feather as it will soak through and make the whole thing waterproof.

[JC]

The silicone based sprays are not compatible with fletch tape...don't ask Dina or me how we know     Most glues will not react to it though.

Arrow-shield is the best product I've used for waterproofing. You can check them out at the .com website of the same name.

[Ron LaClair]

Hey Ron, you ain't had enough rain lately in da U P to worry about gettin your feathers wet        

[cajunbowhntr]

I have heard of using black magic tire wet but I suppose it is a silicone spray?(I use fletch tape)Anything else locally available that is NOT silicone based?


CB

[shaft slinger]

grey-wolfey,the stuff i got is  hat world lids, it has 2 web site      www.hatworld.com   and  www.lids.com    i havn't used it yet but my brother ( the one from texas ) said he put it on an arrow and left it in the rain ( and they had a lot of it in texas this year)  for 3 days and it was as good as it was when he put it out. will find out this winter,      harold  

[vermonster13]

If you are crunched for time Camp Dry that they sell in Wal-Mart works pretty good and is easy to get quick. It's in the shoe department.

[Greywolfy/U.P. of Mi]

Thanks everyone for your observations and suggestions!

On my way back from Petoskey for my annual 'slash and burn' by my dermatologist, I stopped in at Macinaw Outfitters in the offchance they had something. Low and behold, they had the feather dust stuff!

NOW, I'm ready!

I think.

[AkDan]

if it's that white powdery stuff, becareful with it!!!!

The first shot after you brush your feathers leaves a nice little smoke screen in your face.  After someone pointed out rain and stain I stopped using this dry feather waterproofing.   Just to much of a mess!