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Title: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: sean boyer on April 12, 2007, 09:35:00 AM
hi everyone,
i have some wooden Hexshaft arrows that i dont like the cresting or the crowning. is it possible to completely refinish an already finsished arrow ?  lol  and if so ...HOW ?? please ??
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: TexMex on April 12, 2007, 12:19:00 PM
:coffee:
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: LAR43 on April 12, 2007, 12:22:00 PM
Honestly . . . Probably not worth the effort . .
JMO

Larry
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: sean boyer on April 12, 2007, 12:50:00 PM
dang.....well  thanks  anyway
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: donw on April 12, 2007, 01:00:00 PM
lar43 is right but you could chuck them up in your drill motor, sand them down and refinish but bear in mind, that would change the spine...the hex shafts do not take kindly to heavy sanding action in my experience...
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: Ron LaClair on April 12, 2007, 01:06:00 PM
Dip them full length in a solid color paint, then crest. I've even spray painted shafts when I wanted to change how they looked.
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: The Ursus on April 12, 2007, 01:40:00 PM
...or you could just dip/spray the crowned and crested end of the arrow with a solid paint color.  Then just recrest over the top.  As for the fore-end of the shaft, I'd just leave it be.
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: Whip on April 12, 2007, 03:38:00 PM
Building new ones is too much fun.  Challenge your buddies with some difficult targets until they break!  "See that little tuft of grass next to that rock.....?"
Title: Re: Re-finishing wooden arrows?
Post by: sean boyer on April 12, 2007, 04:11:00 PM
i  never thought  about  just  painting over the whole mess !! lol   Thanks  everybody