Re-fletching arrows

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I have a bunch of old-school aluminum arrows with good shafts and bad fletchings. Arrows like this are hard to find in the store anymore.

Can anyone recommend an adhesive that I can use to refletch these?

I used super glue a couple years ago and the fletchings have fallen off two years later.
 
strip the old fletchings off completly. Use a razor blade and clean the area very well. Then use Acetone or nail polish remover to clean the area getting rid of all the old glue, dirt, oil ect.

A fletching jig like a arizona ez fletch is a great tool for most people. Simple to use and effective. I personally use FLETCHTITE glue. There are also some newer products that look similar to a wrap. The fletchings are already in place. You slide this tube over your arrow line up where you want them. Then heat shrink the tubing with boiling water. I have never used this product myself. My good buddy and hunting partner owns a pro-shop and sells the heck out of them. Many of his customers have reported good results in feild repairs with this product. Also customer who have kids or are abusive to their arrows and don't want to pay to have them re-fletched.
 
I use an impact adhesive. Bostic or similar.

An advantage is you can re-fletch 'in the field' with impact glue,
and use the arrow in a minute or so.

Also it's a lot easier to get than the specialist fletching glue.
I used it in aluminium arrows, and now use it on carbon shafts too.

Give it a try - nothing to lose.
 
Heat-shrink is IN...

OH Spartan--My resident archery guru started using the heat-shrink fletchings last year. Now he will use nothing else. I've bought a pkg of 'em but haven't had occasion to use 'em yet myself.

They sure do seem handy!
 
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