How often should I wax my bow string if I shoot it almost every day?
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From the responses I’ve read it seems to me folks are waxing their string an awful lot. In the 45 years I’ve been shooting I’ve not seen the need to wax a string anywhere near as often as every day. Perhaps it’s the way they are being waxed. The wax needs to be worked into the string after it is applied. Take your bare fingers and pinch the string between them and work about a two inch section back and forth until the friction heats up and melts the wax, then move to another section and repeat until the entire string is waxed. Do not wax the serving as wax under your fingers can cause a poor release and the servings don’t fray like the string will. Doing it this way you should not need to wax your string more than a couple times a month, even if you’re shooting a dozen arrows a day.
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For what it is worth I wax mine every 4-5 sessions which works out to every week to week and a half. Definitely wax if the string looks fuzzy or dry. Wax is cheap and strings & cables are spendy so err on the side of caution unless you have money to burn.
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