01-08-2006, 04:25 AM
I use rubber cement. Yes, that stuff to repair bicycle tubes. It never gets hard, does not wash off, is cheap and easy to apply and the feather stays flexible.
I buy the can with the brush applicator. I apply a good coat to the underside of all my feathers. Place the feather down on a piece of cardboard and paint the underside of the feather. Then I let it dry by sticking the stem of the feather in a block of styrofoam. However, do not let the undersides of the feathers touch one another....they will stick together even if the feather feels dry. Great for cricket and grasshopper imitations, great for muddlers and stonefly imitations etc. You can make those pretty duck wing forward pointed dry fly wings that will keep their shape and running the underside of a jungle cock eye over the glue on the tip of your finger will repair any splits.
I store each feather inside a folded wax paper sheet.
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I buy the can with the brush applicator. I apply a good coat to the underside of all my feathers. Place the feather down on a piece of cardboard and paint the underside of the feather. Then I let it dry by sticking the stem of the feather in a block of styrofoam. However, do not let the undersides of the feathers touch one another....they will stick together even if the feather feels dry. Great for cricket and grasshopper imitations, great for muddlers and stonefly imitations etc. You can make those pretty duck wing forward pointed dry fly wings that will keep their shape and running the underside of a jungle cock eye over the glue on the tip of your finger will repair any splits.
I store each feather inside a folded wax paper sheet.
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