jlaner0408
WKR
I was getting ready to refletch some arrows and realized that my AAE primer pen was just about dried out. So because I'm curious and enjoy running little experiments every so often, I decided to try a few different alternatives to the Maxweld pen that I usually use.
I dug around my archery box and found an Easton pen that still had some primer left in it, so that was one alternative that I went with even though I imagine it's not much different than the AAE version. I've also read up a lot and found that some people had claimed one of the other pens had a main ingredient of heptane, so I ordered some of that to try out as another option. I kept seeing 3M primer 94 pop up regarding its use in adhesion promotion for vinyl wrapping on cars, so I grabbed some small sticks of it as well.
Both wraps used were Oracal 651, which were cleaning with isopropyll alcohol after installing. I used cyanoacrylate gel glue, with 5 dots spread out across each vane and then spread in a thin layer. Each vane was them attached on a 2 degree helical on a Goat Tuff fetching jig held in place for 15 seconds. Then, they were left to sit for about 15 minutes.
During the first run, I didn't do anything to the vanes other than apply acetone, the Easton primer, heptane, and primer 94 individually to the 4 vanes. I let them flash off, then applied the cyanoacrylate glue and clamped them for 15 seconds. After drying for 15 minutes, I tried pulling each vane off by hand. The results were kind of surprising.
I expected the acetone cleaned vane to adhere just fine, but maybe not as well as the primer pen. That didn't happen. I also assumed the heptane would work as well as the acetone since it's a fairly powerful solvent. It was the worst. Primer 94 knocked it out of the park. It took some effort to pull it off, and it pulled off the vinyl wrap instead of separating easily. The primer pen worked pretty much how I expected even though it tore the vinyl a little easier.
I did this again just to make sure the acetone wasn't a fluke, but then I also cleaned the other 3 vanes with acetone before individually treating with the Easton primer, heptane, and primer 94. Cleaned bases, same results. I attached a photo of the things I used, as well as a photo of the first and second runs (first run on the left of the photo, second on the right).
So moral of the story- 3M primer 94 works just as good if not better than the Easton primer pen, and realistically just as good if not better than the AAE Maxweld pen from what I can tell. And it's cheaper than dirt and really easy to get your hands on.
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I dug around my archery box and found an Easton pen that still had some primer left in it, so that was one alternative that I went with even though I imagine it's not much different than the AAE version. I've also read up a lot and found that some people had claimed one of the other pens had a main ingredient of heptane, so I ordered some of that to try out as another option. I kept seeing 3M primer 94 pop up regarding its use in adhesion promotion for vinyl wrapping on cars, so I grabbed some small sticks of it as well.
Both wraps used were Oracal 651, which were cleaning with isopropyll alcohol after installing. I used cyanoacrylate gel glue, with 5 dots spread out across each vane and then spread in a thin layer. Each vane was them attached on a 2 degree helical on a Goat Tuff fetching jig held in place for 15 seconds. Then, they were left to sit for about 15 minutes.
During the first run, I didn't do anything to the vanes other than apply acetone, the Easton primer, heptane, and primer 94 individually to the 4 vanes. I let them flash off, then applied the cyanoacrylate glue and clamped them for 15 seconds. After drying for 15 minutes, I tried pulling each vane off by hand. The results were kind of surprising.
I expected the acetone cleaned vane to adhere just fine, but maybe not as well as the primer pen. That didn't happen. I also assumed the heptane would work as well as the acetone since it's a fairly powerful solvent. It was the worst. Primer 94 knocked it out of the park. It took some effort to pull it off, and it pulled off the vinyl wrap instead of separating easily. The primer pen worked pretty much how I expected even though it tore the vinyl a little easier.
I did this again just to make sure the acetone wasn't a fluke, but then I also cleaned the other 3 vanes with acetone before individually treating with the Easton primer, heptane, and primer 94. Cleaned bases, same results. I attached a photo of the things I used, as well as a photo of the first and second runs (first run on the left of the photo, second on the right).
So moral of the story- 3M primer 94 works just as good if not better than the Easton primer pen, and realistically just as good if not better than the AAE Maxweld pen from what I can tell. And it's cheaper than dirt and really easy to get your hands on.
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