Basic bow care.

[RiverRat1]

What do you guys do for basic bow care?

Wax strings after how many shots?
How do you prevent rust? Do you lube cams or anything?

Anything else?

[tx07]

You can never wax the string enough.
Wax it before it goes in the case.

[stan]

Mostly I wax the strings. Occasionally, I use compressed air and try to free any moving parts of collected dust, but that's about it.

[txdukklr]

Mostly I wax the strings. Occasionally, I use compressed air and try to free any moving parts of collected dust, but that's about it.

I add wipe downs every now and then. I usually look at the string to know when to wax it or every few shooting sessions.

[Pickaspotandbreathe]

I am throwing this question out there as part of the bow care topic.

Does it matter if you store your bow in your bow case or out of it? I know to store it out of heat and keep it dry and all that, but is leaving it in the case bad for the bow in any way?

[OLIVER65]

You can never wax the string enough.
Wax it before it goes in the case.

x1000

[ccbowhunter]

i wax mine after every practice and i seems to work pretty good

[Bill]

I'll add periodically go over the bow with an allen wrench and tighten all the screws, especially in the sight and rest since they tend to work loose and cause a hard-to-find noise. Check your limbs with a visual looking for a hairline crack near where the axles are. You'll most probably never find one, but getting in the habit of doing it will identify a problem before it becomes a crisis in the rare chance it does happen (and it does happen). Check arrows at the same time, bend each a bit and see if they feel ok, and look to the tips for any hairline cracks running parallel to the shaft, especially in the nock area. I've used gun oil to put a drop on the bushings, then been told oil only serves to attract grit and dirt and cause problems, so now I shoot the bow 'dry'.