Wood call care (You will find these to be common sense)
IMPORTANT: Excessive heat, cold, moisture, bug spray,abrasion can/will cause finish and glue failure. These calls are not indestructible.
Box Calls
IMPORTANT: Removing and replacing the lid, readjusting the hinge screw, swapping springs, or altering the calling surface of the rails or paddle can change or DESTROY the calls tone.
Pot Calls
IMPORTANT: Excessive heat, cold, moisture, bug spray,abrasion can/will cause finish and glue failure. These calls are not indestructible.
- Warm and DRY are words these calls live by. Most of my calls are sealed using tru-oil gunstock finish. Its a great finish but proper care is required.
- Avoid excessive heat and cold.
- Avoid impacts and severe stress (back pocket while sitting)
- Keep as dry as possible and quickly dry after the hunt.
Box Calls
IMPORTANT: Removing and replacing the lid, readjusting the hinge screw, swapping springs, or altering the calling surface of the rails or paddle can change or DESTROY the calls tone.
- Chalking the lid- Apply a light coat of chalk on the paddle and test. Depending on condition of the call you may need to apply more. Less is best in most cases. Use only chalk made for box calls some contain oils and wax that can ruin a call. After applying tap the lid to knock off any excess chalk.
Pot Calls
- Surface conditioning- (except anodized aluminum) Condition using 200 grit paper. 1 direction only no circles,swirls or cross patterns.
- I find a medium grit diamond sharpening stone to work extremely well in place of the sandpaper on all surfaces and much better on ceramic.
- Aluminum conditioning - Use an alcohol pad to clean the surface to maintain playability and anodized coating. (You will find nicer tone to the call if you use the above abrasive conditioning methods.
(Be advise it will RUIN the anodized coating but will sound better)