I use fine steel wool then clean with acetone. Spray a base coat of white using Krylon paint. Let it dry well then use colored Krylon spray paint. When that is thoroughly dry I spray on a flat lacquer.

I use fletching tape to attach my fletching. Add a drop of fletching cement to front and back of fletching.

Extremely durable. Paint doesn’t come off and neither does the fletching.

I've had good results wiping with alcohol, spraying primer, then spraying with paint. I have been using Rustoleum or Krylon.

Sometimes when I bareshaft tune, a bare shaft gets away from me. It seemed silly looking for a camouflaged arrow without fletching.

I've used both of the methods mentioned and they both work well.

I got fancy one time and bought some etching primer to use under the main color. Really didn't seem to be any more durable and at the time the primer was pretty pricey.

use car wax after a couple of days drying.it will silken them up and protect finish in targets your arrow rest will like it to.

I tried to cap my X7's with white lacquer, when I glued on the fletchings with Fletchtite, it took the lacquer off the shaft where I applied the glue.

loose arrow, lacquer needs Duco. I use Fletchtite on everything else.

I've had good success using epoxy paint for appliances

Yep, lacquer and Duco every time.

CAN CLEAN WITH COMET OR AJAX AND THEN WIPE CLEAN AND SPRAY A BASE THEN YOUR COLOR. fLETCH TAPE WORKS WELL.

AFTER IT ALL DRYS THEN CREST AND THEN WAX THE ENTIRE ARROW WILL PULL EASIER ALSO.

I use Rustoleum after wiping the shafts down with 90% Isopropyl. I give 2 light coats and use Saunders NP4 for gluing on feathers. Works great. I did these in white and others in Sky Blue

Sky Blue fully sprayed

Those are much nicer than mine.

Rustoleum 2X...2 light coats making sure I get good coverage. Too heavy a coat and the paint may run a tad. For cresting, Testors paints and Saunders NPV for gluing feathers. Those are real turkey feathers on the blue arrows...compliments of Stykzz who took feathers from me and did a fine job

I just sand the area I'm going to paint with a fine grit sandpaper or a fine grade steel wool. I then wipe down the area with acetone. Sometimes I put a white base coat and sometimes I don't depending on the color I'm painting the crown. I spray two to three coats of paint for the crown then I usually use testors paint for the cresting. After that dries I'll spray one or two coats of polyurethane or polycrylic over it. For fletching I use Bohning Fletch Tape most of the time, but I have also used Fletchtite and Duco. As far as spray paint I usually use what ever I can find on sale.

TTT

I use this combo

Only issue I had with Rustolem 2X was not letting it cure long enough before doing second coat. I quizzed Rustolem about that, reply was let cure for about 5 days. I didn’t use primer so that may have been what caused the second coat not to cover?

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