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Don't forget to wax your bowstring often . It will last longer .

Not only wax it but occasionly remove the old wax . I take a 12" piece of dental floss and wrap it around the string . Hold the bow tight between your legs and pull the floss with both hands . You should be able to squeeze out the old wax with dirt / grit . Then rewax the string .

I tie loops in the dental floss ends and slip pencils in the loops so I can pull better .

Just an idea !

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  On 9/2/2011 at 12:03 PM, fasteddie said:

Don't forget to wax your bowstring often . It will last longer .

Not only wax it but occasionly remove the old wax . I take a 12" piece of dental floss and wrap it around the string . Hold the bow tight between your legs and pull the floss with both hands . You should be able to squeeze out the old wax with dirt / grit . Then rewax the string .

I tie loops in the dental floss ends and slip pencils in the loops so I can pull better .

Just an idea !

I do this (and you're right... the crud that comes out is nasty) but I've often wondered if this is a good practice. Years ago I never did this and my strings seemed to last forever. Now it seems that after doing this every month or so my string frays more and more and I get a little worried that I've torn some inner fibers. So - I find myself replacing my string much more often because of my nervousness.

Just my opinion...

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I think it is sort of like boots if you start putting oil on them you have to keep putting oil on them. I wax my string twice during the hunting season and during the year when i am shooting. They seem last for me I am constanly abusing them throuhg the brush and with a recurve i get alot of sticks stuck in the limbs.

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  On 9/8/2011 at 10:05 AM, Doc said:
I have a couple of blocks of just plain old beeswax and it seems to do a very good job of conditioning strings and making them pretty much moisture-proof.

I thought I was the only one that used bee's wax. I was happy to find a little chunk a couple of weeks ago, to me it is the best wax.

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