Well I told you I would do this for you all. Help keep the art of cresting alive.

1. These are the supplys you need to crest arrows the fast way. You can build a motor or use a cordless drill to turn the arrow and a short 4 inch 2X4 with a V notch cut in it to stabilize the arrow.
But these are the tools I have.

2. I use painters tape. It makes clean lines and comes off easy.

3. Bohning cresting motor and stabilizer

4. White spray Lacquer (Ace Hardware) pints and quarts of paint are hard to come buy. To crest the right way you use a dipping tube.
But done right spraying is just as good.

5. I found that hobby shops have Lacquer spray for model cars.

6. These are the colors I hace found around my area.

7. For lines I use model master lacquer also at the hobby shop.

8. These are the colors I have now.

9. Here are my brushes. I got 2 sets from Hobby Lobby. Look in the art supplys for good brushs.

10. And last my cleaning supplys, vane stripers, Acetone for cleaning glue off. Also wipes off any oil on them. You need a clean surface for the paint to stick to.

11. You know those arrow holders in the arrow box you always trash. Now you need them to put you arrows in after you spray them to dry. They are free and work.

12. Here is a box of arrows I striped just to crest for you.

13. There all kinds of way to tape straight.

14. These are taped and ready to spray

15. How far you tape them down is up to you.

16. Here is one way to make sure you tape them the same.

17. You can also line them all up and mark the with a straight edge.

18. These are just sprayed white for a base crest color.

19 These are white base with a green Bottom fade.

20. These have a white base with a yellow fade tip.

21. These is one I wanted to try a candy cane. You can get as wild as you want.

22. These are some more fades to show what you can do. The blue one is light to dark blue fade.

23. Here we go. first you chuck up the arrow in the motor and put the arrow on the stabilizer. Leave yourself room to work.

24. I started with 3 blue bands. You can make a template and lay it under the arrow or just free handit. After a few sets free hand is EZ.

25. I started adding the red bands. You can see the arrow on the bottles. I use to to gauge the bands.

26. You paint will last so use to sparingly. You can always add, but you can not take it away.

27. Here is a side veiw.

28. Finishing up the red bands. The paint drys very fast.

29. Here I am adding the 3 red bands in the middle.

30. It is easy to add thin bands. Just steady your hand. Use a light touch.

31. Finishing up with silver. It really sets off the colors.

32. Just use a light and steady touch.

33. Most of your paint will dry on the last arrow you did before you finish the one you are on.

34. There you go.

35. Here is a side shot of the way I steady my hands.

36. Just go slow and it will be a breeze.

37. Here they are finished.

38. Another veiw.

39. Here are the double fades.

40. Here are some I have done in the past. Check the bottom 2. Plan ahead and you can make your vanes match the crest colors.

Here is a link to a question thread if you have any. I will be more then happy to help.
http://www.3dshoots.com/forums/showthread.php?p=185543#post185543

very informative article! In your pics it looks like you are using alum arrows, can you also paint on carbon ones? I want to crest up my beeman bowhunters and wasnt sure if the paint would stick to the carbon, would I need to use a primer? How well do the vanes stay on, since they are now glued to a layer of paint v.s. the actual shaft?

Really nice !!!!!! I like the color patterns!!!!

NIce work, always liked hand painted crests