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Tanis:
A friend of mine gave me this bow after his dad passed away because he knew I wanted to get into bows. I'm a true beginner, I have a lesson on shooting on Monday.
This bow is made out of fiberglass and is splintering in one spot. I took it to the local Archery shop and they said I could use a flexible fiberglass resin of some sort just to
keep it from splintering any more.

He did not tell me what kind or where to get it. Just wondering if anyone knows what I can use on this and how to go about fixing it?

I attached some pictures but they are pretty hard to see due to the color of the bow and the lighting.

Thank you!

M-P:
Hi Tanis,  Most of the folks on this site are really into wooden bows.  Fiberglass is not quite a swear word here, but some will claim it is.  So folks here just don't have a lot of experience with making or repairing fiberglass bows.   Your bow has a history and I'd like to help, but I'm one of those with no experience making fiberglass bows.  You might do better asking the same question on another forum. 
I do now there are a couple of brands of 2 part epoxy resin, sold for making bows.  At least one of them requires a hot box to cure properly and wouldn't be appropriate.  I would think that a two part epoxy that cured at room temp should work to cover and smooth small nicks.
Ron

Eric Krewson:
Bows like yours have little value and aren't worth the efort to repair, just an honest opinon.

gstoneberg:
It is hard to see from those pictures, but I believe that bow is solid fiberglass.  What you do depends on if you care about how the repair looks.  The splintered area could be wrapped with a decorative thread that is glued down, similar to what we do with wood bows that raise a splinter.  You could also use epoxy and a thin strip of fiberglass cloth to cover the area though it would probably affect the bow's tiller and not look very good.

Having said that, bows like this sell on Ebay for $10-$20 so it is likely easier to replace it unless it has sentimental value.  If it were mine, I'd buy the slowest drying epoxy I could find and paint the effected area with it.  Put it over a light to add some heat as it dries.  Give it at least 24 hours before drawing it.

George

mullet:
 For people that don't have a bow and can't afford a bow it is well worth fixing. Take a tube of LocTite Super glue and soak down the splinter and then clamp it. It will hold for quite awhile.

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