From Reddit: Waterproofing Arrows
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:34 amRip-stop nylon for covers? Honestly, if you live in the PNW and still arch in the winter, you're kinda SOL as far as keeping anything dry is concerned.
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:34 amRe: From Reddit: Waterproofing Arrows
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:35 amRip-stop nylon for covers? Honestly, if you live in the PNW and still arch in the winter, you're kinda SOL as far as keeping anything dry is concerned.
Re: From Reddit: Waterproofing Arrows
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:28 pmI just use a sport/performance waterproofing spray on the covers of my arrows and javelins, and have started encouraging others locally to do the same.
Unlike the heavier (older style) sprays that leave a heavy coating of silicone, the sport sprays can breath, so when the arrows or javelins inevitably do get wet, it doesn't trap the damp inside while they are drying. So goes the theory, and so far so good.
Of course we don't use our missiles in downpours, but when it's only damp/wet we just don't leave the missiles sitting around, and check them between battles. If/when they become very wet, off the field they go.
Unlike the heavier (older style) sprays that leave a heavy coating of silicone, the sport sprays can breath, so when the arrows or javelins inevitably do get wet, it doesn't trap the damp inside while they are drying. So goes the theory, and so far so good.
Of course we don't use our missiles in downpours, but when it's only damp/wet we just don't leave the missiles sitting around, and check them between battles. If/when they become very wet, off the field they go.