Good after noon fellow bow hunters.I am just wondering i have a new bow its like maybe 2 weeks old now.I probley have shoot over 1000 arrows threw it already.I put bow string wax on my bow string like every other time i shoot.My bow string is made by a company called hammer head bow strings.Do i also need to clean my bow string also or just keep putting the bow string wax on?If i do need to clean my string what do i use?Would love any info anyone has.Thanks.
If you are going to wax that often, make sure you are using a high quality wax like daltons or something similar. The old thick pasty stuff will build up and it will need to be cleaned off. If you are extremely anal, you might want to clean your string but for the average hunter, it is a waste of time. I personally feel that strings don't need to be waxed nearly as much as most think. My string builder feels the same. My hunting bows see new rigging about every 2 to 3 years. My target rigs were changed every year. If I am shooting alot,i might wax once a month.
Thank you for the input yes i am anal about my bow so i do wax to often.How do i take off the old wax?i have th paste old style.Should i bye the kinda wax that has gore in it?:D
I personally have never waxed - it looks painful to me! I wax my bowstring monthly...this keeps it looking good. If you don't wax the bow string often enough, it will get these "hairs" that stick out all over - not good at all.
I like the Scorpion Venom line of products. About seven months ago, I started using their bowstring fluid. But first, I used their bowstring cleaner to clean off the old wax. It took a few times, but I eventually cleaned most of it off. After that bow was re-strung, I used the fluid exclusively. I've recently purchased a new bow, and the fluid is all I use.
You can use dental floss to clean the old wax build up off. Just loop it around the string and hold the tag ends and pull across the string. A couple time should do it. Then you can do as RIKK suggest and use the scorpion venom line of products and this will keep your string in much better condition without all the unwanted build up. You would be amazed how much wax is in a string from the factory,my builder literally takes some off before starting a new string.
I tend to let my strings get so fuzzy that my friends will wax the strings. Apparently this annoys them. I look at it as 'built in string silencers'. Even without regular waxing, I only have to replace my strings when they get worn in the usual places that have nothing to do with being waxed/unwaxed.
