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Thesquirrelslinger:
take some hardwood ashes, mix them with water and scrub the ipe, then rinse with boiling water 2 times.
it is a effective degreaser. or you could use lye in the form of drain cleaner....
TB3 is good stuff. i don't have any though :(

Cameroo:
... or you can just use rubbing alcohol or acetone ;)  Use a lint-free cloth and rub it until the cloth stops picking up color from the oil.  Then you only have to give it a few minutes to evaporate before gluing up.

toomanyknots:

--- Quote from: adb on August 07, 2013, 11:55:39 pm ---I've used nothing but TB3 on ipe, with zero glue line failures.

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Same here, so far anyway. I haven't made a boat load of ipe bows though.

PortlandJoe:

--- Quote from: medicinewheel on August 04, 2013, 02:48:02 am ---Maple-backed straight-grained Jatoba; make it long, make it wide!
This here is not a warbow but 60# and works real nice:

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nice sax

kevinsmith5:
Where are you located? I know you can order some bamboo for backing relatively cheap (I've bought it off eBay as unplaned lengths). I've used white oak to back bows up to 70 lbs, never had any trouble with them. Might work for heavier draws, I've just always used boo on high draw weights.

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