Hot Glue feathers?

[snowplow]

I ran across some chatter about using hot glue on wood shafts for feathers. Until now I thought it was just for kid crafts and didn't think it worked particularly well even for that.

Should I be considering this for the kid arrows I am making? (Wood shafts, watco teak oil, crown paint)

[wingnut]

Nope!  Hot glue will be a real pain to work with and not very good on feathers.  Go with gel super glue, it works great and is very fast to apply.

Mike

[Paul Cousineau]

It won't work well, you need a fast drying glue such as super glue.

[snowplow]

Awesome thanks guys.

PS I have heard a lot about duco cement for woodies. That's what I planned on using until I thought about the hotglue.

How does the duco and super glue compare? They seem like quite a different animal. (new to woodies and thinking duco must be like barge)

[the rifleman]

I heard great things about duco.  I get myself in trouble often by using what I have rather than buying what is needed.  My first set of woods I used deft for a finish. Neither duco yo fletchtite would work.  Now I'll probably be marked for life for admitting this but I used clear wraps then used fletchtite it worked.  This winter I made a half dozen woods and finished w polyurtene ( stolen from my wife's craft supplies) I then put feathers on w duco and they appear to be on for good.  In my limited experience it seems like how well a glue works is based on how it interacts with your paint or finish.  Duco is cheap in cost.

[M60gunner]

Rifleman, if you stay with the poly for a finish Ducco is all you will ever need. Only thing I have heard it (Ducco) will not work with is Bohning paints.

[JamesV]

My Family Dollar has Duco for $1 a tube.

[the rifleman]

Thanks M60gunner.  I was pleased that it worked and will keep using poly on woods.