Using Duco Cement to fletch up some cedar arrows. What's the average dry time with this product, before I remove the clamp for the next feather? Thanks

I wait 15 minutes but I live in AZ., hot usually and dry.

About ten minutes. Don't use too much just a nice thin line on the feather base.

15-20 minutes per feather. I don't get in a hurry when im making arrows.

Duco has been re-formulated so many times to meet EPA and California acceptance standards its not even close to what it use to be. Try Sanders cement.

Bob

Zebo, 15 minutes has kind of been the standard time used for decades around here. I’ve cut mine as short as 10 a few times when impatient, but wouldn’t recommend it. Bob’s comment is interesting and could explain why I tossed out two tubes I got at the dollar store a couple of years ago and went back to an older stash.

I use it on carbons. 12 to 15 minutes

Thanks guys

10 in cold and make sure you still dab at the tip and the back as well. At the tip so feather don't ever dig in your hand.

I been wanting to try Sanders who has it.

Bob, is correct about the glue being re-formulated, not just Ducco but others like Fletch Tite. Ducco used to be reasonable priced as well, not so anymore. Last time I went looking a Wally World they didn’t have it. This was after a thread about glues here some years back. At our local home store it is almost as much as a tube of NVP or Fletch Tite. I buy Sanders glue from 3Rivers, but I get a couple at a time when I make up an order to save paying shipping on one tube.

Not trying to be a "smart butt", but have you ever tried the fletching tape? I was a klutz/messy "glue" person when I started making up my own arrows. I bought a roll of tape and never looked back or lost a fletching either. I realize it's kind of like a "Ford" or "Chevy" question.....glue or tape??? Not trying to start another debate thread, there are already a number of those on here.

Its SAUNDERS!

Duco still works fine on polyurethane and varnish. 15 minutes and change feather.

In regards to using Duco. I bought a tube and the nozzle was so large that there was no way I could get a fine enough line to use it for fletching. Are you fellows putting a different nozzle on it or what?

E6000,I have not used Duco in over a decade. E6000 works on Everything I have tried it on. Sounds like heresy but I don't even bother to clean quills or arrows anymore.

All I've ever used is Duco. Had one problem with a batch of arrows one time, but I'm not ready to blame that on the Duco. Not had an issue since.

All I've ever used is Duco. Had one problem with a batch of arrows one time, but I'm not ready to blame that on the Duco. Not had an issue since.

Brad,

I cut the tip off on the Duco tube above the threads. Then I thread on an old Fletch tite tip.

Never cared for Duco. Fletch-tite and Saunders NPV work on everything I've ever fletched.

I usually squeeze duco into a squeezable plastic bottle with a small nozzle letting me control the amount I put on the feather.

I gently heat the end of a bulletin board push pin and use it to melt a hole in the end of the duco cap. Squeeze the glue out the end of the cap in a nice thin bead and stick the pin back in the cap to plug the hole when not in use.

Sunset x2, but I don’t beat the pin.

This is what I was talking about. Seems way too easy not to be popular.

My Duco tubes are as they were thirty years ago and work fine for fletching. So far they haven't changed them here. I guess time will tell.

I heat the end of a small finishing nail(hold with needle nose pliers while heating),then push it through the plastic end cap of the Duco tube. I then use the nail to seal the end of cap and store it in a resealable plastic bag.

Duco over oil based poly here. Never an issue. Hobby Lobby sells glue tips you can use. Go to the plastic model section. The tips are made for Testors glue tubes.

What is the shelf life of a tube of duco that is unopened ?

I buy my duco in bulk, many tubes at a time and they last a few years unopened in my experience. I buy from my local hardware store for 2.00 per tube

I've always used it right out of the tube the way it comes from the factory. You just have to learn how much to squeeze and how fast to travel. You can lay down a fine enough bead for feathers.

Thanks for the tips on the tips. I usually have Fletchtite around but can't buy it locally. Duco is available in several stores. I will try it next time just for the education.

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