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Author Topic: Fully painted arrows ???  (Read 1520 times)

Offline longrifle

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Fully painted arrows ???
« on: September 19, 2015, 05:33:00 PM »
Anyone totally paint your arrows? What type of paint did you use, any pics?
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Offline stonewall

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2015, 05:48:00 PM »
I don't post pictures on here, don't won't them lost in the cloud. But I have sprayed some flo orange with krylon  that I small game hunt with because I got tired of loosing them. They have held up good.

Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2015, 06:38:00 PM »
I do
I like Krylon spray paint with a poly dip over them!!
I also use acrylic art paint , poly over.
Full paint is my favorite!!

 

 
 
 
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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2015, 06:42:00 PM »


 
 
 
 

 

 


This group was all hand applied acrylic paint. I just squeezed it into a rag and wiped it on, let it dry and poly'd over it
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Offline joe skipp

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2015, 06:54:00 PM »



 
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2015, 07:03:00 PM »
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2015, 08:10:00 PM »
Another suggestion you can cut your paint with water (half and half) and it will cover like a stain.

Offline Wheels2

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2015, 08:29:00 PM »
I used to use white paint cut with thinner.  They really do show up but I missed the grain pattern so went back to grey stain and clear coat.
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2015, 09:19:00 PM »
Wow....those are cool!
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2015, 10:55:00 PM »
Those are some great looking arrows. I might have to try that.
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2015, 12:00:00 AM »
I like the way the pretty stains look on my woodies but nothing seems more practical or easier to find than my orange hunting shafts. I've used rustoleum spray paint and even orange India ink that I picked up cheap. But what whittler said works best for me orange cresting paint (masters choice from hobby store) thinned with a little water just enough to let a little wood grain show through and wiped on like a stain, also the easiest. I just ordered some shafts from surewood to put some orange on as I'd gotten rid of a few and turned last years broadhead shafts into stumping or small game shooters. Getting ready for October 15.  
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2015, 09:27:00 AM »
While living out west I went through hundreds of arrows. No frills was the way to go. I found a sage green color in the sample book at the local NAPA store that I liked... automotive lacquer... and used it for years.

Dependable, repeatable color, and lacquer dries in minutes. One dip from each end would do it.
   
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2015, 09:29:00 AM »
Please disregard the purple silencers.   :rolleyes:
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2015, 09:34:00 AM »
Really like the arrows guys.  

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2015, 12:33:00 PM »
Charlie, where was that picture taken?
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Offline bowhawk archer

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2015, 09:37:00 PM »

Here is some I did up like old Bear arrows. Used water based paint from Hobby Lobby.

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2015, 09:46:00 PM »
Picture was taken "out on the Mesa" near Boulder, Wyoming. The black speck in the background is a golden eagle that was hanging around that day.
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2015, 06:48:00 AM »
Charlie, I grew up in Rock Springs. My dad still lives there. He and my mom have  cabin on New Fork Lake, just north of Pine Dale. The Wind River mountain range is a beautiful place to hunt.
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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2015, 10:52:00 AM »
Charlie, Who's the guy in the pic? That's not the Charlie lamb I know!  :goldtooth:  

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Re: Fully painted arrows ???
« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2015, 11:33:00 AM »
If you are using paint why do you need to seal them with anything??  Paint is a sealer.

I like oil based rustoleum and I brush it on about 4 coats with a foam brush.  Durable and duco sticks well.  


 

 

 

 

 

Been doing them this way for a while.   Love it!

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