3Rivers Water-Based Sealer Review

Generally cracking is from putting on too thick. The temp might have a slight affect on that as well.

As long as it is air tight it should last quite a while.

This 3Rivers Water-Based Sealer is more of a Satin finish but could be created to a gloss with multiple coats. You also can use fletching tape with this water-based sealer.

I would use Duco Cement with that sealer.

I have never tried it and don't believe it would work very well. I would not suggest it.

I would try a small piece of scrap wood the combination and see what happens. If in doubt use water based to water based.

I havent crested over the water based sealer. Only from staining and sealing experience on many types of new finishes and matching old ones can I say I am confident if you seal and then sand then crest it should work out fine.

Better wait and crest over top. It is an excellant sealer though. Ive used about all and this is the best. IMO...

i have only used the sealer over raw unadorned wood. I think you can probably use the sealer in any order. Try sealer last, or crest on top on one arrow, then see how it works out before committing more arrows to it. good luck

Yes

The white sealer works great as a crown dip I use it on my arrows. Hoping they get some in stock soon. All the other answer are talking about the clear sealer.

Hi Fellow 3-rivers customer! I bought and use the water-based sealer for my wood arrows. The product I have is clear. It goes on and dries completely clear. It is 100% transparent. If they also offer an opaque white, that would be a different product from what I have.

I wouldn't. it's a sealant, not a paint or a stain: meant to serve a different purpose, and I doubt You would like the results, because they won't be very apparent.

My product dried clear. Worked great as a sealer but not crown dipping paint.. Sent from my iPhone

The sealer finishes clear and doesnt affect the woods appearance. probably not a good crown dip.

Our sealer will be more resistant to target burn than what you will normally find at a hardware store.

I had the same problem with the hardware store water based polyurethane varnish, never had it since I started to use 3R water based varnish. Phil

I can't answer your specific question, because after buying this product and having difficulty keeping bubbles out of its finished surfaces, I went back to using in-house gasket lacquer and, despite its minor frustrations, it worked fine. if it isn't broke, don't fix it.... -- curt

I have used this product for years with no problems at all. Easy to use. Dries overnight. And arrows pull out easy from all types of targets. Jon

Not likely. If you sand between coats and apply them thinly and evenly between sanding three or four times it should be good to go. I have had excellent results with 3Rivers water based shaft sealer. Extremely happy with the product! I have shot my arrows into several types of targets and the finish held up to them all so far.

You can use these with the Eco Dipper system, but it will take many, many coats for it to work. Say 30-40 coats. The Eco Dipper is highly recommended to only use with 3Rivers Gasket Lacquer.

I am just now getting around to using this sealer to make some arrows with a stiffer spine for experimentation, and I don't have enough experience with it yet to give You a definitive answer; but, after refreshing my recollection about why I, personally, DID NOT purchase this Eco dipper by watching again the film demonstration of the product's use and reflecting on my own years of making arrows, just as several of the reviewers hint at, I too think this product seems slick, but achieving good performance will depend on the proper consistency of the dip or stain being used. This specific sealer, according to the label, is described as having "high solids", which means that it is a water-based suspension not a compound, and, like most water-based treatments, somewhat thin in its consistency, which is why I rejected buying the Eco dipper for this specific liquid. I suspect its properties mean that it WOULD NOT WORK AS WELL with any water-based suspension as it would with any lacquer-based liquid. Any lacquer-based liquid would have that perfect, mildly viscous consistency You look for to use a devise like this effectively, where the mild surface tension of the fluid conflicts with the device just enough to leave a coating of, say, a few mils, which is exactly what You want when using lacquer-based sealers. In fact, the demonstrator mentions that if You have a problem with consistency, "just add a little acetone". He's assuming lacquer as a base, because You would NEVER add acetone to water to change the viscosity. So, given the in between sanding, etc. necessary to make this product perform up to its design, I'm using the old-fashioned rag method with appropriate gloves. I like old-fashioned; it may be slow, but it works every time it's tried. Hope this helps.... -- Curt S.

You should be able to use just about any cresting paint, but for the best results you will want to use a water based paint such as the Whispering Winds and the True North paints.