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Only styrofoam can be damaged be chemical solvents, and it's vulnerable
to pretty much everything. Polyethylene (ethafoam), on the other hand,
is resistant to all solvents. Well, some of them will embrittle it if
submerged in the solvent for long periods, but none can dissolve it or
have much effect from merely leaving traces. Plus, the ones which can
eventually damage it are mostly volatiles which evaporate quickly and
wouldn't even stay applied to the arrow or target.<br>
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Oh yeah, on that previous note about the spiral-wound paper used in
dart targets? Now that I think about it, the high-end targets use
horizontal stacks of foam sheets, appear to be non-microcellular PE of
a pretty high density IIRC. That is along the lines of getting the
arrows to slide between sheets in a nondestructive way rather than tear
a hole. It does seem like this would result in much less friction and
stopping power though, so the material's stiffness would need to be
higher to achieve high resistance again. The higher density material
would be more resistant to damage too, which is always a plus.<br>
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Oznog<br>
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Susan McMahill wrote:
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if you put it on metal tips, it is not absorbed so will lubricate the
tips and not damage the foam. Some lubricants might damage the foam.<br>
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Lyneya<br>
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:49:03 -0600<br>
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Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Target questions<br>
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Armor All? The vinyl protectant spray? It's shiny but it doesn't
strike me as an effective lubricant. Are you sure you're not thinking
of Turtle Wax? I've used Turtle Wax as a mold release while casting,
it's decent stuff.<br>
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Oznog<br>
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Harry Billings wrote:
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</style>Have been told that the mundane archers use Armor all for
tires to lube their arrow so that they can pull them.<br>
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plachoya <br>
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There is a lubricant that you can get for the arrow/bolt tips that will
reduce this problem. You can also use car wax, I believe. I have used
that for some of the ultra-tight grass mats that we have had. Cheap and
easy to get and use. We have actually lost fewer tips in the foam butts
than we did with the last set of grass ones we had here in the Steppes.<br>
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Lyneya<br>
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