Loctite Ultra Control Gel is all I use. Have never had any issue with blazers bonding well to any shaft as long as the shaft is properly prepped. Clean all glue residue off with acetone, and then wipe shaft with denatured alcohol just prior to fletching.

 

Good advice. Loctite Ultra Control is a lot of bang for the buck. There are only a couple other glues I prefer over Loctite. But they are about twice the price. Ive used it on feathers and a assortment of vanes. Its pretty good stuff. And I like the applicator.

 

i use saunders NPV arrow mate cement, i use it with carbon and aluminum and feathers and vanes, as long as you prep the shaft correctly it works great

 

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One of the reasons people run into problems with the Loctite or any other fletching glue for that matter, is they use way too much glue. Less is more and you will get a better bond and a cleaner looking job with very little glue. I put 3-4 small dots on and then spread it evenly in the trough of the vane with a toothpick.

 

Gorilla glue, blue or yellow cap. Is shock resistant, and helps with impacts. Have never had one come off with q2i vanes.

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Loctite ultra control gel is as good as bohning fletchtite at half the cost.

 

Bob Smith Industries Maxi Cure

It's the longest lasting CA glue I've used but I would still replace it every year.

Many on here will testify for this glue. It's the best behaving super glue for archery uses.

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I’m having really good luck with pine ridge archery instant arrow glue

 

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Loctite gel control good as it gets.


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Loctite gel control good as it gets.

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X 5 Loctite has served me well with regular vanes, trad vanes, Blazers, and feathers. All on Goldtip shafts with a wrap.

 

Buy any glue you want. Done using put it in the refrigerator - last for years.

I use the glue that's made for fletching, Bohning Platinum.

Paramount is arrow prep.............

 

X2 especially the importance of prep.

I use the little tubes from harbor freight. I get almost a dozen arrows from one tube. Then I toss any tube that I've opened. It's so cheap, I don't mind.

Allen

 

Good to see I'm not the only one who keeps glue in the fridge.

 

Bohning blazer bond works well for me
I keep it in the fridge makes it last longer

 

Goat Tuff....store it in the fridge.....in the back to mama does not see it:wink:

 

Mama? Thats a good one right there. LOL.

 

Another gorilla super glue blue top fan here. I buy the 2 packs of the mini tunes. Cheap and use them up before they go bad.

 

Bohning Fletchtite Platinum.

 

Loctite works for me.

 

Ok may be a dumb question. For those that store in fridge......do you wait for it to warm up before you use it or do you use it cold? Wondering if any adhesion effects.

 

Cold it does come out slower, but it also warms fairly quick. Cold, squeeze a little and it keeps coming so be fast with the cap........No effect of adhesion. I turn my arrows every 7 minutes if that helps. Of course the vane and arrow are at room temperature.

 

Small tube of Loctite ultra gel in the possibles bag and bigger container Loctite 401 works for me.
I do find it interesting regarding arrow and vane prep before fletching. I usually just make sure all previous glue remnants are well scapped off, wipe with a clean cloth and fletch. No fletching has wizzed off half way to the target ever IF I use Loctite.

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Another Loctite Control Gel fan here. Inexpensive, readily available, effective.

 

same here

 

loc tite gel . north park has it right. less is better

 

I like the one they sell at Cabelas the best.

 

I wasn't a fan of the gel stuff, so I use Loc-tite Professional Super Glue. Maxbond is great......but the Loc-tite is 1/3 the cost and works almost as well.

 

Best glue I have used so far is the JB Weld super glue, I like it better than loctite gel, professional, and the gorilla glues. I just got some bob smith maxi cure to try and see if that works any better than the JB Weld.

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Just started making my own arrows and I bought two tubes of the fletchtite platinum. I clean the shaft with acetone and even wipe the mating surface of the blazers I use with it too. I'm not a huge fan of it after a few weeks of shooting. It seems to be a softer glue. I know when I take the vanes off of a gold tip, the stuff they use is hard. I also took some vanes off of an arrow my buddy glued with some random stuff and it was harder as well. Not sure if it's related but that's my observation.

Been using an Arizona ez-fletch mini to fletch these puppies. I let each one sit in it for 10min, the instructions only say 5min. The first batch I did, I was shooting vanes off all the time. I tried to minimize squeeze out on my first batch by using a smaller amount of glue and spreading it out with a toothpick but every fletching that doesn't have glue oozed out the side I can pull off with little effort so I went back a refletched them all. Matter of fact last night I did three arrows and decided I wanted to try and clean up the excess glue a little so after pulling them out of the jig I gently ran my knife down the vane to break the extra glue free and used some acetone to clean it up. This could compromise the integrity of the bond but it was just a test and time will tell.

Maybe one day I won't be so OCD and just live with the excess glue.

 

I store my glues in the fridge also. Besides Loctite I use Bob Smiths and G5 Blu Gu. If the arrows and vanes are prepped right you'll have a hard time pulling the vanes off with. pliers