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Questions from a newbie

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mikekeswick:
Get it out of your shed.....store your stave somewhere cool and dark. Sheds are the worst places to store bow wood....way too hot in summer and too cold cold/humid in winter.

Lucasade:
Here's the 80" stave:




Tell me the worst - how many cups of tea will it take to get a decent bow out of it?

Also, these are the options I have for storing it:


or:


Which do you recommend? And what do I seal the ends with (I have no spare cash but do have various paint products kicking about)?

JW_Halverson:
Paint it is, then!

Crogacht:
Store it as indoors as you can :P

I just put my staves in the garage, some are in the roof and some are on the ground (raised up with scrap bits to let air flow/stop floor moisture). It's either that or on the back lawn, sometimes you have to do the best with what you have.

Lucasade:
Okay, I realise I am probably coming across as totally ignorant...

I have done wooden boat & ship building and coppice work, but the only wood I have seasoned to date is firewood, where being totally exposed outside in sun and rain speeds up the process, which is not wanted here. We don't have a garage or a loft and my wife will chop the stave up and burn it if I bring it within 10 yards of the house.

I have emulsion, fence paint, gloss or roofing tar.

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