Help. I just inherited some beautiful wood arrows ,With Plastic Vanes. Without destroying the Wood.Whats the best way to remove the vanes and the glue.every time I try this I end up screwing up the arrows. And these are way to good to do that.. Thanks for any help..

Can you grab a rip them off?

Can get the vanes off pain in the butt. Getting the glue off is where I need some advice Don't want to compromise the shafts.

Carefully scrape glue standing razor perpendicular to shaft only scrape glue line then carefully sand the rest with small sanding block and fine paper its just time consuming.

is it the paint you're worried about? I've use a razor blade to get feathers off and sand where I have to.

Razor knife and a bit of acetone works for carbons. Might.work for wood if you're careful.

What you need is a curved chisel or similar tool made specifically for removing fletching...you just need to be careful to not let it dig in

DDave

I have cut feathers off a wood arrow,I trim as close as I could get without cutting into the arrow.Then wrapped some sandpaper around a wooden dowel and lightly sand the glue down.The dowel helped me to keep the sanding more concentrated on the glue line.The sprayed on a new crown or just refletched.

I use one of those small curved blades from doggie nail clippers.Works great on carbon and alum but I havent used wood for some time.Worth a try.

I just use a carpentry blade to remove the feather/vanes. The hook type you use to cut shingles. It follows the contour of the shaft decent and cost a lot less than the ones that are sold as "fletching removal tools" in the archery section. I scrape as much glue as I can off with the knife and use automotive clear coat safe paint thinner to clean up with. That's for carbon/aluminum anyway. I'm sure it would work on wood if you were careful.

Use a utility knife, using the sharp edge, gently whittle off down to the glue. THEN turn the blade over (square edged back) and using firm strokes scrape off the glue.

Use a utility knife, using the sharp edge, gently whittle off down to the glue. THEN turn the blade over (square edged back) and using firm strokes scrape off the glue.

Yeah, This!

I use a regular carpenter's chisel, just lay the beveled part against the arrow, slide and zip it right off. If it's a new sharp one, just be careful not to let it dig into the wood. Finish by sanding with some light grain paper.

cut them close to the wood , then move the nock a little and fletch next to the old vanes. yep im lazy....ron

If you planning to refinish the entire arrow, get the fletch off using one of the methods above, then use a product like Zip Strip and steel wool to take off the finish and glue. It dissolves the glue right along with the finish. Then stain, reseal and crown, crest if you like and refletch.

Acetone and coarse steel wool.

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