[LostHawg]

I'm having fun with my new house. This weekend I started working on another batch of POC arrows. Sanded 'em down and straightened on Saturday. I then Stained the main shaft with Fiebings leather dye. I mixed a bit of yellow and russet with turquoise to get an olive color (simular to the old green gamegetters, but lighter). For the crown, I used straight Fiebings black. My fade-away cap I used a mixture of red and russet to give a deep-dark red color. Looks good. Once the shafts dried to the touch, I cut to length and tapered the nock and point ends (usually done prior to staining). I hung them from the line and stained the nock tapers and let them hang over night.

Sunday, after throwing the urethane on the selfbow I inspected the shafts. Steelwool and clean-up and then a single dip in gasket lacquer. I let that hang from the line for about 6 hours. Now I used odds-n-ends and placed my primary crest color on the shaft. Red. Reds one of the tough colors to use in odds-n-ends. If you get it too thick, it'll split. Too thin and it's transparent. So, I put the red on and let harden a bit while still rotating on the jig. I then hung the shafts on the line again. Will complete cresting tonight with aluminum, green and black. Will be back tonight after this is done.

Anyone else working on arrows?