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Can I add fancy wood veneer to my finished store bought recurve limbs?

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Joey V.:
Ok lets start with I am a wood worker and not a bowyer.  I would love to add a very thin fancy wood veneer to my already existing recurve limbs that where store bought.  This is a real cheap bow i bought for $100 from Greattree archery on Ebay.  The thing shoots very well and I mean break nocks well!  I could care less if I ruin it though as I am going to buy a high end bow in a month.  My question is can I ruff up the limb and Titebond III the very thin wood veneer right on the limb?  Would something like simple contact cement work even better due to the rubber / vinyl flex property of cement?  This is purely for appearance not function. 

Thanks for your help all!!!

Josh:
If it were mine, I would just leave it alone.  Any wood you add to it will change the draw weight and tiller of the bow.  you would have to remove the original finish and there is no guarantee your new veneer will even stay put after you glue it on.  I say if the bow shoots good I would just leave it alone.   :)

medicinewheel:
I would strongly recommend NOT to do it! - I'm sure it would not do anything except add weight and in the end it would start coming off at the tip overlays!

Aries:
Yep my thinking is if you add wood, you going to add weight which will at least slow down the bow, and many other unforeseen things could occur as well

youngbowyer33:
if i was going to do it i would use epoxy

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