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earth pigment paint bow question

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mullet:
 Wally,

I really don't think you will gain any advantage by putting on 4 layers of sinew. I think 2 layers and a thin layer down the center would be plenty. And, I have mixed pigment with hide glue, it will do what you want.

Pat B:
Wally, James Parker ask me where he could get prickley pear and I told him to try a grocery store or a Mexican food store. He found it in the produce dept. of his local grocery. One world, ya know!  ;D

shikari:
I would suggest that you lay the sinew on with just hide glue and once it has dried you can mix the pigment in with  thick concentration of hideglue and literally paint over the sinew with the coloured hideglue paint.The mughal crabbows were done this way and some of them still retain the original vibrant colours,they were seled over the decorations with varnish.

toomanyknots:
"I really don't think you will gain any advantage by putting on 4 layers of sinew."

I totally disagree. The less sinew applied the less you'll notice it. The more sinew, the more reflex is noticed, the less set, but also the more it will affect tiller and have tiller adjustments down the road. This is my experience. 

wally:
I'm confused a bit now :-[ I've put on first layer and thought after reading post that I could get away with two layers, but toomanyknots has experience and says the more layers the better.
I suppose I could split it and put on 3 layers? Anybody else had experience making these short 36" Hupa bows?
All help/advice gratefully receieved

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